Culture in Creative Writing with Clynthia Graham, MFA

Clynthia Graham

Lifelong Learning LogoCourse Title: Culture in Creative Writing

Instructor:  Clynthia Graham, MFA

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January 30, 2025 - March 6, 2025 (6 Sessions)  

Thursday,  6:00PM ET - 8:00PM ET  

Virtual via Zoom

 

 

Course Description: Culture is a key element in crafting richly woven prose. Through examination and discussion of excerpts from noted fiction writers (Speculative) Octavia Butler, Amber Sparks; (Historical) James Baldwin, Amy Tan; (Dystopian) George Orwell, Kazuo Ishiguro; (Romance) Nicholas Sparks, Nora Roberts; (Magical Realism) Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez; (Contemporary) Zadie Smith and Helen Oyeyemi), an appreciation and understanding of this powerful component of storytelling will benefit both readers and writers.

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ABOUT Clynthia Burton Graham

Clynthia Burton Graham is a fiction writer whose work has been recognized by the Hurston/Wright Foundation and Maryland Writer’s Association. Her stories have appeared in Persimmon Tree, Auburn Avenue, Rigorous Magazine, Torch Literary Arts, The Siren Calls, Academy of the Heart and Mind, da Cunha Global, Pilcrow & Dagger, and a number of others. Her story Never Not Broken was nominated for the 2023 Pushcart Prize. She is a nonprofit management veteran with over twenty-five years of positively impacting the lives of youth, families, and communities in both urban, suburban and rural
locations. Clynthia earned her B.A. degree in Psychology from Caldwell University in New Jersey and her MFA degree in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore, MD, culminating in her thesis book, Baltimore City Blues.

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Starts:
Thursday, January 30, 2025
6:00pm EST

Ends:
Thursday, March 6, 2025
8:00pm EST

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