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245	1		_aCraft and conscience: _bhow to write about social issues / _cKavita Das ; Foreword by Mira Jacob.
100			_aDas, Kavita, _eauthor
700	0		_aJacob, Mira, foreword.
260			_aUnited States of America : _bBeacon Press, _c© 2022.
300			_axix, 320 pp.:
300			_c21 cm.
020			_a9780807046494
650			_aConscience
650			_aSocial issues
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546			_ain English
953			_cHigh School Library
505			_aForeword, by Mira Jacob Introduction CHAPTER 1 Why We Write: Interrogating Our Motivations for Writing About Social Issues · "Why I Write," by George Orwell | "Autobiographical Notes," from Notes of a Native Son, by James Baldwin | "Ellaji and Lakshmiji," by Kavita Das CHAPTER 2 How We Are All Connected: Understanding the Relationship Between the Writer, Reader, and Subject · "Tramp," by Kavita Das | "Jyoti's Rainbow," by Kavita Das | "Black and Blue," by Garnette Cadogan | "Football, Free on the Streets," by Garnette Cadogan CHAPTER 3 Diving In Deep or Casting Wide: Considering Context Versus Narrative to Shape Our Stories · "Red Ink of Revisionist History," by Kavita Das | "Selective Perception of Disinformation," by Kavita Das | "Introduction: This Land," from An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | From "Fear" in Breathe: A Letter to My Sons, by Imani Perry | "How Could I Write About Women Whose Existence Is Barely Acknowledged?" by Gaiutra Bahadur CHAPTER 4 Writing from Outside In or Inside Out: Reporting, Personal Narrative, or a Hybrid Approach · "COVID-19 Vaccine: What White Conservatives Can Learn from Black Americans," by Kavita Das | "A Virulent Privilege," by Kavita Das | "La Otra," adapted from Ordinary Girls, by Jaquira Díaz | "The School-to-Prison Pipeline Is Getting Worse for Black and Brown Girls," by Jaquira Díaz | "99 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre, an Artist Reflects," by Crystal Z Campbell CHAPTER 5 Staking a Claim: Writing Opinion Pieces (Op-Eds) · "The Anti-Vaxxer Threat amid a Pandemic," by Kavita Das | "Tolerance Has a Fatal Flaw. This Is the Solution," by Kavita Das | "Stories of Transracial Adoptees Must Be Heard-Even Uncomfortable Ones," by Nicole Chung | "The Specter of Caste in Silicon Valley," by Yashica Dutt CHAPTER 6 Are You the Right Storyteller for This Story?: Understanding Cultural Sensitivity and Avoiding Cultural Appropriation · Introduction and Conclusion from White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue . . . and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation, by Lauren Michele Jackson | "Who Gets to Write What?" by Kaitlyn Greenidge | "How to Unlearn Everything: When It Comes to Writing the 'Other,&rsrquo; What Questions Are We Not Asking?" by Alexander Chee | "Who Gets to Write About Whom: Examining Authority, Authenticity, and Appropriation in Biography," by Kavita Das CHAPTER 7 Ripple Effects of Making Waves: Implications (Good and Bad) of Writing About Social Issues · "Writers Shouldn't Romanticize Rejection," by Kavita Das | "Recovering My Fifth Sense," by Kavita Das | "There Is No One Way," by Alice Wong | "Stepping on a Star," from We Wear the Mask: 15 True Stories of Passing in America, by Gabrielle Bellot Conclusion Acknowledgments Recommended Resources About Kavita Das, Author About Mira Jacob, Foreword Writer About the Contributors Notes Permissions
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