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Who Am I?
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Writing The Other on November 19, 2015
By Darlene Cah I am a young Latina woman who sees Jesus’ face on a window shade in her apartment in the projects. I am an elderly male, Afro-American, Jazz bassist, who connects with a white mission woman in the audience through music. I am a white, lower middle-class, Italian-American woman who elopes with a […]
The “Other” Problem: Does Literary License = Cultural Appropriation?
Posted by Ron Hayes in Ron, The Craft Of Writing, Writing The Other on November 9, 2015
by Ron Hayes As a lover and observer of language, I’ve come to the realization that I am, for all intents and purposes, a linguamorph. Or maybe it’s lenguamorph. I don’t know. Not sure which would be correct really but, given the fact I’m making up a word to match a concept, the question is moot. My […]
Writing “The Other”: Creating Characters Different than You by Brad Windhauser
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Writing The Other on November 3, 2015
Writing “The Other”: Creating Characters Different than You by Brad Windhauser Oh, I thought a woman had written this story…. You wrote this? But you’re white… I’ve heard these types of comments expressed during fiction workshops—and not always at me. There’s a compliment buried in these reactions—in theory, the author rendered a type of character […]
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