F118.
Writing Interracial Narratives
Friday, February 9, 2024
9:00 am to 10:15 am
All American literature might be read as intrinsically interracial because of how race thoroughly pervades our social realities. The writers on this racially diverse panel, representing both fiction and memoir, consciously interrogate interracial realities. How can we write stories to achieve relational depth and sensitivity? How do we address our challenges and limitations in portraying characters of other races? Which writers, past and present, offer us models for navigating the craft?
Participants
Erik Gleibermann is a memoirist, poet, and social justice journalist in San Francisco. He has written for The Atlantic, New York Times, Guardian, Oprah Daily, Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, and Poets & Writers. His book-in-progress is JEWFRO AMERICAN: AN INTERRACIAL MEMOIR.
Alexandra Chang is the author of Days of Distraction and Tomb Sweeping. She is a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree. She currently lives in Ventura County, California.
Mira Jacob is the author and illustrator of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations. Her critically-acclaimed novel, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing, was a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers pick and shortlisted for India’s Tata First Literature Award.
Cleyvis Natera is the author of the critically acclaimed debut novel Neruda on the Park. She holds an MFA in Fiction from New York University.
