MFA for All - Jonathan Lethem (Entrances & Exits)

Novels are made of language; they flourish on the power of voice to abolish literal time and space, to dip into the characters’ interior fears, wishes, recollections, and dreams. Yet the necessary vehicle for all of fiction's psychological and emotional depth remains the “scene”, a thing as firmly fixed as an occurrence on a theatrical stage. We’ll examine this paradox in depth and set ourselves to the task of how to satisfy a reader’s craving for scenes and set-pieces, for outward behavior, for dialogue, and for a progress of action — as well as how scenes are galvanized by that mysterious essence we call “plot.”

Tuesday, March 24 & April 7 
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. EST / 6 p.m. to 8 p.m CST