EAN: 9781529115840

LETTERS TO A WRITER OF COLOUR - AUTHOR NO KARTO...

Filled with empathy and wisdom  personal experiences and creative inspiration  this is a vital
collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international
array of writers of colour. 'Electric essays that speak to the experience of writing from the
periphery . . . a guide  a comfort  and a call all at once' Laila Lalami  author of Conditional
Citizens'A whip-smart collection' Kamila Shamsie  author of Best of Friends What if we
reconsidered our assumptions about how fiction should be written? And can we then apply our
discoveries to both what we read and how we read? This book explores these questions and
encourages us into a more inclusive conversation about storytelling  featuring: ¿ Taymour
Soomro on resisting rigid stories about who you are ¿ Madeleine Thien on how writing builds the
room in which it can exist ¿ Amitava Kumar on why authenticity isn't a license we carry in our
wallets ¿ Tahmima Anam on giving herself permission to be funny ¿ Ingrid Rojas Contreras on the
bodily challenge of writing about trauma ¿ Zeyn Joukhadar on queering English and the power of
refusing to translate ourselves ¿ Kiese Laymon on hearing that no one wants to read the story
that you want to write ¿ Deepa Anappara on writing even through conditions that impede the
creation of art Plus essays from Tiphanie Yanique  Xiaolu Guo  Jamil Jan Kochai  Vida
Cruz-Borja  Femi Kayode  Nadifa Mohamed in conversation with Leila Aboulela  Myriam Gurba 
Mohammed Hanif and Sharlene Teo. 'This book is essential' Nikesh Shukla 'Bracing and moving . .
. No one interested in how we read and should read fiction can afford to miss this' Pankaj
Mishra  author of Run And Hide

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