with Ines Rodrigues
 
What is multicultural writing? How can we enrich our writing by expanding our cultural and geographical borders? Translated literature shows us different ways of looking at structure and themes and allows us to travel the world on the page. In this class, we’ll read excerpts from authors who portray other cultures (Edwige Danticat, David Diop, and Elena Ferrante, among them) and issues of immigration and displacement. We’ll discover new texts and "steal" from the selected authors to expand our horizons.
What we'll do:
Write in class and at home every week
Discuss our writing
Discover new texts and learn how foreign writers deal with key elements of craft
Learn how differences in craft and perspective can help us write better
Write out of our comfort zone
 
This class is ideal for people who:
Want to discover new authors to inspire their writing
Want to write out of their comfort zone
Are interested in other cultures as a form of inspiration
Want to play with different perspectives in craft
Are curious writers!
 
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WHERE:
Online via Zoom
(link will be sent the week of 1st class)
DATES:
5 Tuesdays
Nov. 12, 19. off, Dec. 3, 10, 17
TIME:
10am to 12pm  EST
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LIMITED TO 7 STUDENTS
 
 
About the Instructor:
Ines Rodrigues is a journalist, fiction writer, and translator with an MFA in creative writing and translation from Columbia University. She published her first novel, Days of Bossa Nova, in 2017, and she's currently writing her second work of fiction. Her short stories appeared in Tint Journal and the 650 Writers Read Anthology "At the Bar." Rodrigues has been an instructor at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College since 2016. She is the former editor of Scarsdale Living Magazine and teaches Italian and creative writing at Bronxville Adult School. She is the curator of The Scarsdale Salon, a quarterly literary event in partnership with the Salon de Belleville(Paris, France) and Scarsdale Public Library. Click here to visit her website.