Critical Creative Writing: Essential Readings on the Writer's Craft

Bringing together 25 essential works of creative writing criticism in a single volume, this is a comprehensive introduction to the key debates in creative writing today, from the ethics of appropriation to the politics of literary evaluation. Critical Creative Writing covers such topics as: ? Craft & Politics ? Language & Community ? Identity & Authorship ? Representation & Counternarrative ? Appropriation & Intertextuality ? Evaluation & Genre The book anthologizes critical essays written by international literary writers. Each essay is contextualized with an introduction as well as sample questions, writing prompts and suggested readings. The book also has a companion website (www.criticalcreativewriting.org) offering supplemental materials such as lesson plans and course materials. Includes writings by: Ayana Mathis, Leslie Marmon Silko, Craig Santos Perez, Natasha Saj?, Porochista Khakpour, Taiye Selasi, Michael Nardone, Conchitina Cruz, Benjamin Paloff, Dorothy Wang, and many more.

• | Author: Janelle Adsit
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Dec 27, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 296 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Language Arts & Disciplines
• | ISBN-10: 1350023337
• | ISBN-13: 9781350023338