Summer Seminar: “Representation Without Erasure”
This summer I will be teaching a one day remote course on disability representation in speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror) with the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. The course will be entitled "Representation Without Erasure" and you can find the sign up link below!
The class will take place June 23rd from 6pm to 8:30pm EST, and will be conducted over Zoom.
Interested in writing science fiction or fantasy (or any other kind of fiction) that portrays characters with disabilities? In this seminar, we will examine several examples of positive and effective disability representation within the space of speculative fiction and dig into what techniques the authors employed to engage the reader, depict fully rounded characters, and avoid common tropes: neither victim nor villain, neither cured nor killed. Participants in the class will have an opportunity to discuss their own experience and craft, as well as try their hand at prompts with an aim at writing from an unfamiliar perspective.
