Our Writing Education Specialist\, local n ovelist Sharma Shields\, has been a longtime fan of fairy tales. From clas sics like &ldquo\;Thumbelina&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;The Moon Child&rdquo\; to modern retellings like Pan&rsquo\;s Labyrinth and Boy\, Snow\, Bird\, Sha rma delights again and again in the tone\, style\, and magic of timeless t ales.
\nIn this program\, Sharma will introduce various works of fic tion and share writing prompts designed to help you create your own imagin ative stories. Writers will examine what makes fairy tales so alluring and metaphorical while also subverting more notorious fairytale notions such as purity\, gender binaries\, and happy endings. Examples of what we'll di scuss include Kate Bernheimer&rsquo\;s essay\, &ldquo\;Fairy Tale is Form\ , Form is Fairy Tale\,&rdquo\; as well as the work of Hans Christian Ander sen and the Zora Neale Hurston folktale picture book\, The Three Witches.< /p>\n
Bring your writing instrument of choice (pen &\; paper or lapto p) and get ready to write imaginative tales all your own.
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