JOSH WEIL

INSTRUCTOR: Josh Weil -Many great works of modern fiction have been novellas – The Old Man and the Sea; Of Mice and Men; Heart of Darkness; Brokeback Mountain – yet it’s a rarely explored form in contemporary writing. Why? What is a novella? What can it accomplish that’s different from what a short story or novel can accomplish? And, most importantly: How can we writers grab hold of this powerful form to tell our stories in fresh ways? Through lecture, discussion, and in-class exercises, this course will explore answers to these questions, leaving students equipped with a new way of telling stories. SAN ANTONIO, TX: Date: Sat Feb. 27, 9am – 2pm
Limit: 15 Participants
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Feb. 24
CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts
Fee: $100 $90

About the instructor: Josh Weil is the author of the novella collection The New Valley (Grove, 2009), a New York Times Editors Choice selection for which he was honored with a “5 Under 35” National Book Award. His fiction and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Granta, Glimmer Train, Poets & Writers, and Narrative, among other publications. Since earning his MFA from Columbia University, he has received a Fulbright grant, a Writer’s Center Emerging Writer Fellowship, the Dana Award in Portfolio, and fellowships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences. He is the writer-in-residence at Gilman School in Baltimore.
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