Letters to a Writer of Colour

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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.

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.

Paperback | 272 pages | ISBN 9781529115840

 

Drakendochter | Clarice Gargard

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Alles wat mijn familie betrof leek een ondoorgrondelijk mysterie, en naarmate ik ouder werd kreeg ik steeds meer verboden vragen. Om een goed beeld te schetsen van mijn eigen geschiedenis, die van mijn familie en mijn land, moest ik diep graven, ook in mezelf. Niet alleen voor een buitenwereld die mij door een bepaalde lens ziet, maar vooral voor mijzelf en anderen zoals ik, omdat ook wij soms door die ene lens zijn gaan kijken.’

Wat als de belangrijkste persoon in je leven niet is wie je denkt dat hij is? Clarice Gargard kent haar vader als een idealist die zich inzette voor minderbedeelden en streed voor rechtvaardigheid. Maar gaandeweg komt ze erachter dat hij jarenlang werkte voor de gruwelijke dictator Charles Taylor. Hoe kan iemand die zoveel goeds zei te willen doen, voor een tiran hebben gewerkt? Hoe zijn deze twee kanten in een mens te verenigen? Wat is goed en wat is kwaad?

In Drakendochter reizen we mee met Gargard tijdens haar zoektocht langs conflicten, religie en spiritualiteit en lang vervlogen koninkrijken in het door oorlog geteisterde West-Afrikaanse land Liberia. We volgen haar levenspad van Liberia via de Verenigde Staten met als eindbestemming Nederland. Dankzij het onderzoek naar haar (familie)geschiedenis, het leven van haar vader en de maatschappij leert zij Liberia, zichzelf en de samenleving beter kennen en begrijpen.

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