strategies for outsiders Dinesh, Nandita creator author. text bibliography nyu 2024 monographic eng 1 online resource. "In times that are rife with complex manifestations of identity politics, writing classrooms across the world are hosting heated debates about what it means for authors to write about experiences outside our own. This book focuses on writing as the act of witnessing when the writers themselves were not present to witness in person. It seeks to answer the questions that come along with these experiences, like what might it mean to write in order "to watch," "to try and understand," "to never look away," and "to never forget" when the writer is an outsider to an experience-- what might it mean to write about others in ways that do not essentialize or sensationalize, and in ways that are as humble, ethical, and responsible as possible? What might it mean to bear witness through the written word while engaged in a constant (re)negotiation with one's own positioning i.e., to cultivate a condition of critical empathy that doesn't also have the consequence of creative paralysis?"-- Nandita Dinesh. Creative writing Authorship Moral and ethical aspects LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing PN187 9781032688749 1032688742 9781040041161 1040041167 9781040041239 104004123X https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032688749 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032688749 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf OCoLC-P 240521 20251030122305.0 9781032688749 eng