2 sessions, Tuesday May 30th and Monday June 5th, 8pm EST/5pm PST

online

$150 (60 students max)

An interactive and generative craft class on representing parental figures in fiction. We will discuss fictionalization of the wounded/ wounding parent, immigrant or otherwise marginalized parent, absent parent, the ideal parent, and the overwhelming or larger than life parent. Craft pointers and exercises around writing dialogue, climax, character-building, and ethics will be discussed.

Class are taught over Zoom, in two 1.5-hour sessions, with writing exercises and discussions conducted in breakout rooms.

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Sarah Thankam Mathews grew up between Oman and India, immigrating to the United States in her late teens. Her work has been published in Best American Short Stories and she is a recipient of fellowships from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. In 2020, she founded the mutual aid group Bed-Stuy Strong. All This Could Be Different, Mathews’ debut novel, was named an NYT Editor’s Choice, featured in multiple Best of 2022 lists, and shortlisted for the Discover Prize and the National Book Award.