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Writing Beyond the Five Senses

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Memoir, Novel, Short Story, Essay

In Person

Open to all levels

2 Sessions

Start Date: June 3, 2023
End Date: June 10, 2023
Day of Week: Saturday
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm PT
Capacity: 15 seats
Member Price: $162.00
General Price: $180.00

See, hear, taste, smell, touch. You know the traditional five senses, but how familiar are you with the other thirteen? In this two-class craft intensive, we will read excerpts from Rushdie, Esquivel, Lispector, Nabokov, and Kafka, in addition to articles about the complexity of human sense perception. We will complete writing exercises that practice traditional senses and also explore beyond the big five.

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March 13: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)

March 14: Member registration opens

March 21: General registration opens

Sarah Dalton

Sarah Dalton

she/her

Sarah Dalton is a Latina writer, editor, and teacher. She is an alumna of VONA, Macondo, and San Jose State. Her nonfiction has appeared in [pank], MUTHA Magazine, Reed, River Teeth's Beautiful Things, and The Sun's Readers Write.

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