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STRANGE DESCENT: SUPERNATURAL NOVELS
$165
Strange and surreal, mysterious and dream-like, when “the supernatural” is conjured in story we find ourselves lifted out of the ordinary, material world and into more spectacular realms. In this seminar we’ll read novels that embrace this otherworldliness, stretching the familiar first into the unknown, then to the far reaches of personal and collective transformation. For the protagonists of these stories, the supernatural often materializes as an essential escape route out of oppressive, banal circumstances towards personal healing. In defiance of patriarchal confines—and often because of them—we watch as these figures embrace a call to venture into their own mystery, decipher the symbols key to their personal mythic landscapes, cross frightening and surreal psychic terrains, and emerge with a vision that might reshape their worlds and ours.
Texts:
Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl
Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole
Leonora Carrington, The Hearing Trumpet
This seminar takes place at our new location at 716 SE Grand.
Access Program
We want our writing classes and Delves to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and seminar tuitions at a reduced rate. Most seminars have at least one access spot available.
Please apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions.
Liaison position
Every in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison position. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you are a liaison for a class or seminar, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts.
Apply here for the liaison position.
Jesse Carsten
Jesse Carsten, PhD (they/he) is a mythologist and multidisciplinary artist, poet, musician, and educator. They hold a doctorate in Mythology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and a BFA in creative writing and performance studies from the Art Institute of Chicago. Their doctoral thesis centered on the cosmic jazz composer Sun Ra's revolutionary personal mythos as embodied creative practice. Jesse has been composing music under the Half Shadow moniker for more than a decade, and self-publishes essays, chapbooks, and zines. Salt, a book of prose poems and photographic images was published, in collaboration with visual artist B. Ingrid Olsen, by Hassla Press, NYC in 2017.
