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Decolonising creative writing: It’s about not conforming to techniques of the western canon
The universal rules of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ writing are turning out to be colonial relics. Pixabay
I started teaching creative writing in 2017, and all this while I’ve been grappling with something that, until now, I couldn’t quite name. I felt it when I opened a textbook that purported to teach me how to teach the subject, or perused a sample syllabus lent to me by a colleague. There seemed to be a disconnect – between my experience of learning how to write fiction and what lay within these pages.
What writers look for when they read a novel
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The Sydney Morning Heraldâs new literary editor in 1996, I dashed off a note to writer Debra Adelaide, asking her to review Kate Jenningsâ first novel,
Snake. Twenty-five years later, Iâm thrilled to see the ripples of enjoyment and influence set off by my choice of a perceptive reader.
Within days of learning that Jennings had died in New York this month, I read about Adelaideâs long relationship with
This Colorado teacher saw tragedy during the pandemic but also reasons for hope
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Shortly after the pandemic hit, one of Michelle Dillard’s fifth grade students lost his father to COVID-19. Her school had already shifted to remote learning, so she and her colleagues tried to find creative ways to support the boy and his family as they grieved.
They made a slideshow of students and staff holding messages of hope, arranged daily check-ins with the grieving student, and organized video meet-ups with a small group of the boy’s peers. Many of the students in Dillard’s class at Mark Twain Elementary in Littleton, Colorado, participated in a Stars Wars-themed drive-by parade for the student and his brother.
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