Writing the Other
A 12-min podcast in which considers the issue of cultural appropriation, and what novelists might consider when they work in that space where fiction and documentary blur.
‘You have a responsibility to go beyond your borders and serve the other,’ said Teju Cole when we discussed the matter of creating characters with experience other than your own. ‘No one says you can’t do this work, but you do your homework. Do it, but get it right.’