Word: writer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...material is every time and place. A writer imposes his own thoughts about friends and family and his understanding of how the world works...
Most of Gordimer's writings reflect her belief that artists, through the emotional force of their work, can transform society. She holds up two standards for artists--relevance and commitment, "the justification of the writer's existence and the source of communication with one's people...
South African society demands relevance from its writers with a particular urgency, Gordimer says. "The writer is told you have a role in society. You have to serve--you must put yourself at the service of the struggle...
Although she talks about alienation from society and self caused by apartheid, Gordimer scorns an empty, abstract ideal of relevance. "Artists shouldn't talk about apartheid--they have to go deeper," she snorts. The writer can make others feel, and the emotional depth necessary to convey such experience comes from a writer's internal commitment, she says. "Commitment takes over from within--it's the point at which the inner and outer world fuse." Commitment is the process of making moral decisions on grounds frustratingly ambiguous and clouded...
...announcements. Good criminals, on the other hand, are a lot harder to track down. You've got to devote a lot of time, energy and money to your search. If you're lucky enough to find one, however, they make for very good copy. And when a really good writer goes after a really good criminal, the results...