On Being a White Novelist

A talk by Cathy Jacobowitz about her journey toward racial self-awareness, why she chooses to write about characters of color, and the ways in which institutional racism plays out in contemporary fiction by white authors. Cathy is a Boston writer and member of the Knapsack discussion meet-up hosted by CCI. Her novel The One-Way Rain has been called “the most comprehensive and non-offensive racially conscious dystopian book that I have ever read” by Kayla Ancrum, author of the essay “How to Write Men of Color and Women of Color if You Are White.” Copies of the book will be on sale at the event, with the full purchase price going to Community Change.