Creative Writing and the Experiences of Others: Strategies for Outsiders

In times that are rife with complex manifestations of identity politics, writing classrooms across the world are hosting heated debates about what it means for authors to write about experiences outside our own. This book focuses on writing as the act of witnessing when the writers themselves were not present to witness in person.

Nandita Dinesh is Dean of Academic Administration at Mount Tamalpais College and serves incarcerated students inside San Quentin State Prison.