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Part of the Living and Sustaining a Creative Life series of books, edited by Sharon Louden, Artists as Writers offers first-person narratives that explore the day-to-day lives of individuals who use writing as both a creative practice and a means of sustaining their daily lives. This collection features thirty-two chapters where writers share their insights, offering pathways for others to follow. They delve into how they balance multiple roles, the choices they made, the challenges they faced, and the successes they achieved. Contributors include writers from Ethiopia, Jamaica, Guatemala, Nigeria, Palestine, Poland, Sweden, and the United States , who vividly recount the circuitous journeys that brought them to where they are today. Through richly detailed stories, they reveal how writing became a central force in their lives and how it continues to sustain them emotionally, creatively, and financially.
About the author
Seph Rodney is a former senior critic and opinions editor for
Hyperallergic and is now a regular contributor to the
New York Times. He is the author of
The Personalization of the Museum Visit and a curator of contemporary art. He co-curated
Get in the Game, a show on sports that opens at San Francisco MoMA in October 2024.
Steven G Fullwood's published works include
Black Gay Genius: Answering Joseph Beam's Call (co-edited with Charles Stephens) and
Carry the Word: A Bibliography of Black LGBTQ Books (co-edited with Lisa C. Moore). Recently, he served as the coordinator for Marking Time, Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration project, curated by Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood.
Summary
Part of the Living and Sustaining a Creative Life series of books. This collection features thirty-two chapters where writers share their insights, offering pathways for others to follow. They delve into how they balance multiple roles, the choices they made, the challenges they faced, and the successes they achieved. 34 b&w illus.
