{"product_id":"appropriate-a-provocation-9781324003588","title":"Appropriate: A Provocation","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do we properly define cultural appropriation, and is it always wrong? If we can write in the voice of another, should we? And if so, what questions do we need to consider first? In \u003cem\u003eAppropriate\u003c\/em\u003e, creative writing professor Paisley Rekdal addresses a young writer to delineate how the idea of cultural appropriation has evolved--and perhaps calcified--in our political climate. What follows is a penetrating exploration of fluctuating literary power and authorial privilege, about whiteness and what we really mean by the term \u003cem\u003eempathy\u003c\/em\u003e, that examines writers from William Styron to Peter Ho Davies to Jeanine Cummins. Lucid, reflective, and astute, \u003cem\u003eAppropriate\u003c\/em\u003e presents a generous new framework for one of the most controversial subjects in contemporary literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRekdal, Paisley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePaisley Rekdal\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of ten books of poetry and nonfiction. A former recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, she is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Utah and is the state's poet laureate. She lives in Salt Lake City.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644627882258,"sku":"9781324003588","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_adea01a6-5543-4007-94b6-8a018db90fe8.jpg?v=1733119096","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/appropriate-a-provocation-9781324003588","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}