Can I Write Only About People of My Own Ethnicity?

That’s the question and here’s my answer

Karen Hill Anton
The Writing Cooperative
6 min readMay 10, 2024

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Framed and lamp calligraphy by the author (author photo)

Five years ago, I attended a writers’ conference in southern California. It was a wonderful and stimulating 3-day experience of learning from inspiring teachers. The best part was interacting with other writers, published and unpublished.

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Author of the award-winning memoir THE VIEW FROM BREAST POCKET MOUNTAIN and debut novel A THOUSAND GRACES https://www.karenhillanton.com/