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This book examines the prominent place a commitment to social
justice and equity has occupied in the global history of literary
journalism. With international case studies, it explores and
theorizes the way literary journalists have addressed inequality
and its consequences in their practice. In the process, this volume
focuses on the critical attitude the writers of this genre bring to
their stories, the immersive reporting they use to gain detailed
and intimate knowledge of their subjects, and the array of
innovative rhetorical strategies through which they represent those
encounters. The contributors explain how these strategies
encourage readers to respond to injustices of class, race,
indigeneity, gender, mobility, and access to knowledge. Together,
they make the case that, throughout its history, literary
journalism has proven uniquely well adapted to fusing facts with
feeling in a way which makes it a compelling force for social
change.
This book examines the prominent place a commitment to social
justice and equity has occupied in the global history of literary
journalism. With international case studies, it explores and
theorizes the way literary journalists have addressed inequality
and its consequences in their practice. In the process, this volume
focuses on the critical attitude the writers of this genre bring to
their stories, the immersive reporting they use to gain detailed
and intimate knowledge of their subjects, and the array of
innovative rhetorical strategies through which they represent those
encounters. The contributors explain how these strategies encourage
readers to respond to injustices of class, race, indigeneity,
gender, mobility, and access to knowledge. Together, they make the
case that, throughout its history, literary journalism has proven
uniquely well adapted to fusing facts with feeling in a way which
makes it a compelling force for social change.
With recent advances in digital technology, a number of exciting
and innovative approaches to writing lives have emerged, from
graphic memoirs to blogs and other visual-verbal-virtual texts.
This edited collection is a timely study of new approaches to
writing lives, including literary docu-memoir, autobiographical
cartography, social media life writing and autobiographical writing
for children. Combining literary theory with insightful critical
approaches, each essay offers a serious study of innovative forms
of life writing, with a view to reflecting on best practice and
offering the reader practical guidance on methods and techniques.
Offering a range of practical exercises and an insight into
cutting-edge literary methodologies, this is an inspiring and
thought-provoking companion for students of literature and creative
writing studying courses on life writing, memoir or creative
non-fiction.
What was happening behind the Tampa headlines? How do you force a
big company to take responsibility for damaging the health of its
workers? What do you do when you suspect a famous author is a fake?
How does it feel to be on the receiving end of police crowd
control? Or on a hillside, spellbound and fearful, watching the
light being sucked from the sky during an eclipse? Top writers and
journalists who have written about events and issues big and small
talk frankly about how they approach the task in this highly
readable new collection. The Writer's Reader combines selected
non-fiction articles with interviews with authors reflecting on the
process of writing. Academic writing can be dry and dull, but this
refreshingly accessible anthology values straight talking about
writing and makes the point that if you want to write, then you had
better get reading.
With recent advances in digital technology, a number of exciting
and innovative approaches to writing lives have emerged, from
graphic memoirs to blogs and other visual-verbal-virtual texts.
This edited collection is a timely study of new approaches to
writing lives, including literary docu-memoir, autobiographical
cartography, social media life writing and autobiographical writing
for children. Combining literary theory with insightful critical
approaches, each essay offers a serious study of innovative forms
of life writing, with a view to reflecting on best practice and
offering the reader practical guidance on methods and techniques.
Offering a range of practical exercises and an insight into
cutting-edge literary methodologies, this is an inspiring and
thought-provoking companion for students of literature and creative
writing studying courses on life writing, memoir or creative
non-fiction.
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