Stories that Stand Still
Date(s)
Thursday, March 20, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
Location
Burton Barr Central Library, 1221 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Cost
About this Event
In this talk, we’ll explore the craft of writing fiction that doesn’t move—fiction contained in a single, discreet space as large as a house, and as small as a bed—and the implication it has for our understanding of gender, characterization, and plot. Stories discussed will include Angela Carter’s “The Fall-River Axe Murders,” Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” and Nancy Hale’s “The Earliest Dreams.”
Machado will also be presenting a talk and reading later that day.
About the Speaker
Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the memoir In the Dream House and the short story collection Her Body and Other Parties.