Old Town Books
104 S. Union Street
Alexandria, VA
Event Page: https://www.visitalexandriava.com/event/experimental-forms-in-narrative-with-jane-alison/14876/
“Join us for a technique-focused talk about writing experimental narrative forms.
UVA writing professor Jane Alison illuminates the many shapes other than the usual wavelike “narrative arc” that can move fiction forward. The stories she loves most follow other organic patterns found in nature—spirals, meanders, and explosions, among others.
Meander, Spiral, Explode is a singular and brilliant elucidation of literary strategies that brings high spirits and wit to its original conclusions. In this liberating manifesto Alison issues a call to action: Let’s leave the outdated modes behind bring feeling back to experimentation on the page. This book on the craft of writing will appeal to readers and writers alike.”