The Writers' Summit - How to Approach a Silence: Writing Alongside Identities
Craft of Writing
How to Approach a Silence: Writing Alongside Identities
Saturday, June 18, 2016
2:00pm 3:15pm
In literature, authors call attention to and disrupt silences when we write from historically ignored and oppressed communities. Today, decentralized social media enables lateral discourse within and among marginalized communities, but traditional power structures inherent in print publishing still exist. On this panel, four Canadian authors speak from different margins, giving voice and structure to identities that have, in the past, been contested, embattled, and censored. What strategies might writing from the margins use to call in a varied audience? How might we make space without being “othered?” Michael V. Smith writes on gender and queerness, Ayelet Tsabari on ethnicity and heritage, Wayde Compton on race and colonialism, and Chelsea Rooney on abuse and shame.
Participants:
Wayde Compton
Chelsea Rooney
Michael V. Smith (Moderator)
Ayelet Tsabari