{"product_id":"craft-in-the-real-world-rethinking-fiction-writing-and-workshopping-paperback","title":"Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Salesses\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis national bestseller is \"a significant contribution to discussions of the art of fiction and a necessary challenge to received views about whose stories are told, how they are told and for whom they are intended\" (Laila Lalami, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe traditional writing workshop was established with white male writers in mind; what we call craft is informed by their cultural values. In this bold and original examination of elements of writing--including plot, character, conflict, structure, and believability--and aspects of workshop--including the silenced writer and the imagined reader--Matthew Salesses asks questions to invigorate these familiar concepts. He upends Western notions of how a story must progress. How can we rethink craft, and the teaching of it, to better reach writers with diverse backgrounds? How can we invite diverse storytelling traditions into literary spaces? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from examples including \u003ci\u003eOne Thousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, Curious George, Ursula K. Le Guin's \u003ci\u003eA Wizard of Earthsea\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Asian American classic \u003ci\u003eNo-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Salesses asks us to reimagine craft and the workshop. In the pages of exercises included here, teachers will find suggestions for building syllabi, grading, and introducing new methods to the classroom; students will find revision and editing guidance, as well as a new lens for reading their work. Salesses shows that we need to interrogate the lack of diversity at the core of published fiction: how we teach and write it. After all, as he reminds us, \"When we write fiction, we write the world.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Salesses\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three novels, \u003ci\u003eDisappear Doppelgänger Disappear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred-Year Flood\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI'm Not Saying, I'm Just Saying\u003c\/i\u003e, and a forthcoming essay collection. He has taught at Coe College, the Ashland MFA program, the Tin House and Kundiman summer workshops, and writing centers like Grub Street and Inprint, among others. He has edited fiction for \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedivider\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Good Men Project \u003c\/i\u003eand has written about craft and creative writing workshops for venues like NPR's \u003ci\u003eCode Switch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e. He was adopted from Korea and currently lives in Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53336804032877,"sku":"9781948226806","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/Z1ZvaElHQStIOEVtdHExcXZvTkNnQT09.webp?v=1778918708","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/craft-in-the-real-world-rethinking-fiction-writing-and-workshopping-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}