What can fictional representations of blocked short story writers teach us about writer’s block and what causes a writer to feel blocked? Andrea Marzocchi discusses these questions with Aaron Colton, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of English at Emory University in Atlanta, and author of Writing Through Writer’s Block: Lessons from Modern American Fiction,…
In this episode Paul March-Russell, discusses the importance of women writers in science fiction and the legacy of the short story collection Women of Wonder (1974) edited by Pamela Sargent. Paul is the outgoing editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, the co-founder of Gold SF, an intersectional feminist science fiction imprint of…
The next Reading Group meeting will take place (via Zoom) next week, on Monday 27th October at 5pm (UK time). During the meeting, we will be discussing Elena’s reading suggestion: the short story “Theatre 6” by Sarah Hall. The text can be accessed from this link. Our conversation will focus on the following key questions…
During the meeting, we will be discussing Maddie’s reading suggestion: the short story “A Song for Sleep” by Bora Chung. The text can be accessed from this link. Our conversation will focus on the following key questions/themes that Maddie has selected: The first-person narration of the short story The use of language / the “language”…
The ENSFR reading group aims to provide a digital space for early-career researchers and postgraduate students to come together and informally discuss classic and contemporary short fiction. The reading group is co-coordinated by Paul Knowles (University of Manchester), Ines Gstrein (University of Innsbruck) and Maddie Sinclair (University of Warwick). The group usually meets once per…