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Dec 29, 2022 · Diversity in literature is important because not only it reflects the reality of the world we live in, but also helps readers to see and understand one another in a more meaningful way. It’s up to you to promote diversity and representation in the stories you tell.
- Representation Matters
- The Possibilities of Co-Creation
- Expanded Opportunities For Change
The answer, as the 2019 Lee and Low Books Diversity Baseline Survey of the publishing industry shows, is colored by who does the publishing. Of the over 7,000 respondents to the survey, 76 percent identified as White, 97 percent as cisgender, 81 percent as straight, and 89 percent as non-disabled. As the co-authors of the survey, Laura M. Jiménez a...
What is written is as important, from a cultural influence standpoint, as who getsto write and have their writing read. We shouldgive writers from underrepresented identities more opportunities to be read. And, those opportunities should not only be to write about their communities and experiences but generally. This principle strongly aligns with ...
How you do your research, integrate into the communities you are researching, and engage in ethical storytelling all contribute to an improvement in representation, and the validation that this sort of representation is commercially viable. And, the opportunity doesn’t stop there. Since most writers have readers, even considering who your readers a...
discourse” (50) that creative writing has long upheld, must transform toward an inclusive creative writing curriculum that advocates “diverse and versatile aesthetic knowledge and practice” (50).
Oct 8, 2019 · Research. If you don’t know how to do something, the first thing you usually do is Google it. Diverse characters should be no different. Look for articles written by diverse voices. For example, the Huffington Post has a homepage series for Black Voices, Queer Voices and Latino Voices.
Creative writing should welcome opportunities for growth and innovation with increased inclusivity—race, gender, class, sexual identity, physical ability, and so on. Where are the burgeoning English-Spanish bilingual programs that would welcome bilingual students and foster bilingual literature?
Mar 26, 2021 · Uplifting writers from underrepresented backgrounds is the most effective way to improve diversity in publishing, although that doesn’t mean you can’t try to be more inclusive with your own writing as well.
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Oct 1, 2016 · Despite the rise of multicultural literature in the U.S. and the number of young diverse writers in college today, most of the current creative writing books are inadequate in addressing the needs of writers of color and other diverse writers.
