Lorraine Devon Wilke, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/lorrainedevonwilke/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:38:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 The Other American Dirt Issue: Is Fear of Appropriation Fomenting a Culture of Censorship? https://booksbywomen.org/the-other-american-dirt-issue-is-fear-of-appropriation-fomenting-a-culture-of-censorship/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-other-american-dirt-issue-is-fear-of-appropriation-fomenting-a-culture-of-censorship/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2020 05:13:35 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=30007 I was recently in the NPR studios in New York to participate in the show, 1A’s, panel discussion on the enduring American Dirt kerfuffle, specifically, “What The Controversy Over ‘American Dirt’ Tells Us About Publishing And Authorship.”   Seated in the studio with me was Vox culture writer, Constance Grady, and from two remote locations we were joined by […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-other-american-dirt-issue-is-fear-of-appropriation-fomenting-a-culture-of-censorship/feed/ 7 30007 The Outspoken Artist: Let Candor Be Your Brand https://booksbywomen.org/the-outspoken-artist-let-candor-be-your-brand/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-outspoken-artist-let-candor-be-your-brand/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2019 04:41:32 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=26018 “An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times… How can you be an artist and not reflect the times? That, to me, is the definition of an artist.” ~ Nina Simone “Aren’t you worried that stating your political opinions so freely might alienate potential readers?” ~ unknown female on Twitter […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-outspoken-artist-let-candor-be-your-brand/feed/ 0 26018 Should Everyone Publish a Book? https://booksbywomen.org/should-everyone-publish-a-book/ https://booksbywomen.org/should-everyone-publish-a-book/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:08:52 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13290 I was chatting with an acquaintance recently when we got onto what I’d been up to lately. “Just finished my second novel,” I chirped, certain he’d be mightily impressed. Instead, I got a judgmental pause followed by: “You and everyone else on the planet!” Umbrage was taken, but the comment did strike me… as sort […]

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