“If you don’t know where you are, you don’t know who you are.”
From wilderness to small towns to sprawling cities, the places we live and visit have a lingering influence on our lives. In literature, setting often serves as more than a backdrop. A well-drawn portrait of a place can add depth and richness to a story. Setting can also take on a life all its own, serving as a character in its own right.
Careful reading is at least half of a writer's task. In this workshop, we will explore writing place and setting across prose genres. Using close readings and examples, participants will learn how writers use place as a storytelling tool, focusing on examples from several literary genres in which setting is intentional and plays an important role in the piece.
Free and open to the public. For more information, visit lvccsd.org or call (702) 507-6019.
Kendra Atleework was born and raised on the dry edge of California at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada mountains. She moved away for a decade, mostly spent being homesick and researching the place she left behind—the product of which is Miracle Country. She is the recipient of the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award and was selected for The Best American Essays, edited by Ariel Levy. She received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and now lives in her hometown of Bishop, California.
Nevada Reads In Your Library brings authors and literary programming to public libraries across Nevada. This program is produced by Nevada Humanities and is made possible with support from Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
