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Three Sessions
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Three Sessions Sundays, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT April 7 to May 26, 2024
Online via Zoom
Meeting Dates:
4/7, 5/5, 5/26
Online via Zoom
In this session we will look at the diverse work of award winning speculative fiction author Victor LaValle. LaValle’s work varies from horror, to urban fantasy to, most recently, westerns. We will explore the dark themes and plots of his work and compare the ways in which he approaches different genres and what makes his style and storytelling so dynamic.
Participants should read the Big Machine prior to the first meeting.
- Session I: Big Machine
- Session II: Lone Women
- Session III: The Devil in Silver
What to expect from this reading group: The class will be somewhat structured, with a mix of lecture and discussion guided by the particular interests and questions of the participants.
Led by
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Marc L. Abbott
Marc L. Abbott
Marc L. Abbott is a Brooklyn native horror author. He is the co-author of Hell at Brooklyn Tea and Hell at the Way Station, the two-time African American Literary Award-winning horror anthology. His horror short stories are featured in Blackened Roots, A Woman Unbecoming, Soul Scream, Even in the Grave, and the Bram Stoker-nominated horror anthologies A New York State of Fright and Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign. His new novel, Sinister Ascension, will be out in 2024 by Mocha Memoirs Press. He is a Moth Story Slam and Grand Slam Storyteller winner and an award-winning actor. Find out more about him at www.whoismarclabbott.com.
Photo Credit: John F. Sheehan Photography
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