Episode 37: Writing about Citizenship




Writers' League of Texas Podcast show

Summary: How does identity shape the way people's citizenship is viewed by both the general and reading public? What are the different groups one can be a citizen of? How does one tell a story about moving between different groups? What issues are posed by translation and the ways that stories and poems include multiple languages? How do artists approach stories that disrupt a group's sanctioned or "official" narratives? Join Dr. Kathleen Brown, Christen Smith, Irwin Tang, and Liliana Valenzuela as they discuss these questions and more to really discover what citizenship means, and how it can affect the craft of writing.