TODAY ONLY! Donate $250+ to get first access to winter class registration before member registration begins tomorrow. Learn more » 

Sheila Heti’s “Motherhood”: Writing Against Patriarchy

Genres: Fiction, Reading

Online

Intermediate

4 Sessions

Start Date: January 22, 2023
End Date: February 12, 2023
Day of Week: Sunday
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm PT
Capacity: 15 seats
Member Price: $216.00
General Price: $240.00

In this class, we'll read Sheila Heti's autofictional Motherhood (2018), a novel about one woman's inability to decide whether to have children. Heti uses writing as an anti-patriarchal tool for redefining motherhood and creating new possibilities for writing and living. We'll use her work to write about our own experiences of writing, caring/mothering, gender, embodiment (including abortion and pregnancy), and sexuality. In class, we'll close read and discuss the novel, then turn to writing prompts to develop our own autofictions.

FLASH SALE HAPPENING NOW! $23 taken off registration fees at the cart.

Registration dates:

December 5: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)

December 6: Member registration opens

December 13: General registration opens

Kaelie Giffel

Kaelie Giffel

she/they

Kaelie Giffel, Ph.D., formerly of Seattle, now writes and does violence prevention work in Durham, NC. Her writing focuses on feminism, education, and the joys of intellectual work for activists. Her work has appeared in academic journals and elsewhere.

Hugo House will only process refund requests that are submitted 5 business days or more before the class start date. To request a refund, log in to your account, go to “My Account,” select the “Orders” tab on the left-hand side, click the appropriate order, and request a refund for your specific class. Administrative fees apply. Please see our full refund policy here.

Class sessions may be recorded if a session falls on a holiday, or if a student has access needs. Class recordings are not guaranteed.

We do not tolerate racist, sexist, homophobic, ableist, transphobic or any other oppressive behaviors, regardless of who commits them. Please check out our full community guidelines by clicking here. If an instance of community guidelines are violated and not resolved within the classroom, students may let us know by filling out the student incident report.

Classes may be cancelled if less than 5 students are enrolled within 10 days before the class start date. If for any reason Hugo House needs to cancel a class, students can choose between a full credit or full refund.

Make a Donation

Donations made throughout the year help fund our programs and operations.