My White Best Friend - (And Other Letters Left Unsaid)

"Could you put your white best friend on stage and remind them that they''re part of the problem? Even if you love them? Even if you never want anyone to feel for even a moment how you feel living in this world every day? Would - could - a white person finally hear what you have to say?" Originally commissioned by The Bunker Theatre as a critically-acclaimed festival that ran in 2019, My White Best Friend collects 23 letters that engage with a range of topics, from racial tensions, microaggressions and emotional labour, to queer desire, prejudice and otherness. Expressing feelings and thoughts often stifled or ignored, the pieces here transform letter writing into a provocative act of candour.Funny, heartfelt, wry and heart-breaking, whether a letter to their younger self or an ode to the writer''s tongue, this anthology of exceptional writing is always engaging and thought-provoking.Featuring different letters from some of the most exciting voices in the UK and beyond, My White Best Friend (And Other Letters Left Unsaid) includes work from: Zia Ahmed, Travis Alabanza, Fatimah Asghar, Nathan Bryon, Matilda Ibini, Jammz, Iman Qureshi, Anya Reiss, Somalia Seaton, Nina Segal, Tolani Shoneye, Lena Dunham, Inua Ellams, Rabiah Hussain, Mika Johnson, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Shireen Mula, Ash Sarkar, Jack Thorne and Joel Tan.>

Product details

• Authors: Rachel De-lahay, Rachel (Author) De-lahay, Jasmine Lee-Jones
• Assisted by: Rachel De-lahay (Editor), Rachel (Author) De-lahay (Editor), De-lahay Rachel (Editor), Rachel De-Lahay (Editor)
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781786829016
• ISBN: 978-1-78682-901-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Oberon Books; Oberon Modern Playwrights
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Social & cultural history, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Of specific Lesbian interest, Ireland, Ethnic groups & multicultural studies, Migration, immigration & emigration, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social discrimination & inequality, Relating to lesbians, Gay & Lesbian studies, Social discrimination & equal treatment, Relating to Black British people, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Of specific Gay interest, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Plays, Playscripts, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Relating to gay people, Gay & Lesbian studies / LGBTQ studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies