Could starting a novel be easy as pie? In this workshop, we will look at scenes of eating in the work of Ralph Ellison, Han Kang, Ben Lerner, Lydia Davis, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, and J.K. Huysmans. The scenes will vary between joy, reverie, disgust, and refusal, but in all of them we will see how a story’s larger conflicts and questions can end up vibrating through the most commonplace of human activities. Eventually we will try to reverse-engineer this process: we will begin by writing about food and will hopefully find our way to our own stories. Writers of all experience-levels are welcome.

Where: Online Workshop
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Time: 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
TO REGISTER: Email the Writing Center at jbwc@justbuffalo.org.
This workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 8 participants.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTE:
Writers are welcome to participate with or without video and audio during any of our virtual sessions. If you have any questions/issues accessing any of these opportunities, please let us know and we will work with you to make sure you can participate.