New Workshop Alert!

Are We in the Real World Here?

(A Non-Fiction / Fiction Workshop)

The question I’m often asked about my writing is: “are we in the real world here?” I love this question because it asks me to pull the letters I am writing apart and look for dust and bones, a lost glove, my mother. It asks me to consider how the imagination hatches the real, and how the real can often slip into the imaginary. This workshop will consider the lines drawn between fact and fiction, and what happens when those lines blur.

In this five-week workshop you will be given weekly prompts and reading assignments to guide you through a deep exploration of how the story and the essay, fiction and nonfiction, the imagination and the real, can fuse into a great coherence.

This five-week workshop will meet on ZOOM on Thursdays, April 23, 30, May 14, May 21, May 28 (skip May 7th) from 6PM-9:45PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME. All assignments, lectures, and handouts will be sent via email. Workshop is limited to 15 participants.

READING LIST

Benjamin Labatut’s WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD, Ben Lerner’s TRANSCRIPTION and Carmen Maria Machado’s IN THE DREAM HOUSE

REGISTER

Full payment of $585 is required to hold your spot. If you need to work out a payment plan please don’t hesitate to email me.