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Second Helping: How Food Improves Fiction

Nov 21, 2020

Food wields tremendous power, in life and in fiction. In this one-day workshop, we’ll explore ways to use food to create mood, advance plot, develop characters, and enrich stories.

As a precaution to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, the Adult Education Seminars Program’s Fall 2020 term will continue to be held virtually. Virtual seminars meet via Zoom video conference and use email and Google Drive folders to share resources and communicate with instructors and participants. For more information about the Newberry’s virtual seminars and these tools, including a Zoom tutorial, please see our Virtual Seminars FAQ page. If you have questions about online learning, please feel free to reach out to seminars@newberry.org.

For more information about the Newberry’s response to COVID-19 please visit www.newberry.org/covid19.

Seminar Description

Food wields tremendous power, in life and in fiction. In this one-day workshop, we’ll explore ways to use food to create mood, advance plot, develop characters, and enrich stories. We’ll read examples from Aimee Bender, Lydia Davis, Antonio Tabucchi, and Banana Yoshimoto, among others. Exercises will tackle particular craft elements (mood, plot, character, and theme), and students will leave class with a draft of a short-short story or a sketch for a longer piece.

One session. Registration – $85

Anca L. Szilágyi is the award-winning author of Daughters of the Air. Her writing has appeared in Gastronomica, Orion, and Lilith, among other publications. She has been teaching creative writing since 2010.

Materials List

Required:

  • There are no required materials for this seminar.

First Reading:

Registration Information

Online registration opens at 9 am (CDT) on Tuesday, September 1st.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, the Adult Education Seminars staff is working remotely and will be unable to process registration over the phone. For more information about registration, including a guide to online registration, see our Registration Information page. Questions? Please contact seminars program staff via email at seminars@newberry.org.

We offer a 10% discount to members, seniors, and students.

This seminar is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about registering for a seminar, program policies, or teaching a seminar.