Writing About Social Issues with Kavita Das

Sun Sep 14 2025 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm UTC-04:00

P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts | New York

P&T Knitwear
Publisher/HostP&T Knitwear
Writing About Social Issues with Kavita Das
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Join Kavita Das as she leads a writing workshop around conscience and social issues.
About this Event

P&T Knitwear is proud to welcome Kavita Das, author of Craft and Conscious: How to Write About Social Issues, to lead a writing workshop!

In this class for writers of all levels and backgrounds — from established writers to emerging writers, from social change agents to those most impacted by a social issue — the following questions are considered:

  • How do we write compellingly yet responsibly about social issues?
  • How do we write about the world as we’d like it to be without coming across as Pollyanna or propaganda?

Investigate these questions through readings and discussions about writing by a diverse array of writers who deftly engage social issues in their work. Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issues grew out of Kavita’s experience teaching this class.


Housekeeping Notes:

  • This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.
  • The workshop will begin at 4pm.
  • Tickets cost $75, which includes a copy of Craft and Conscious.
  • We encourage all guests to wear masks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kavita Das taught nonfiction writing at the New School and Catapult and has written about social issues for ten years. Previously, she worked in the social change sector for fifteen years, addressing issues ranging from community and housing inequities to public health disparities and racial injustice. Das is also author of the biography Poignant Song: The Life and Music of Lakshmi Shankar and Craft & Conscience: How to Write About Social Issues. Find her online at kavitadas.com and on Twitter (@kavitamix).

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, United States

Tickets

USD 81.88

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