Clarion West

Explore the nuances of SFF by Chinese diaspora authors like Larissa Lai, whose layered writing opens up multiple conversations on identity, writing, representation, history, and contemporary issues.

This interview by Nisi Shawl (CW '92) was originally published in the Clarion West 7th Week Newsletter in the Fall of 2003 and has been resurfaced for our monthly Pocket Workshop. Read and subscribe for free at https://www.patreon.com/ThePocketWorkshop/posts/larissa-lai-pit-170309280



Image description: Pocket Workshop - Larissa Lai: Pit Stops on a Journey, brought to you by Clarion West. Join for free at Patreon dot com slash c w slash The Pocket Workshop. The image also includes a photo of Larissa beside two book covers: The Tiger Flu and The Lost Century.

Do you love the concision of a short story? How about the immersion of a novel? Bringing the two together isn’t impossible. Learn how it is done on October 14 with A. Muia in Short Stories in Long Form: A Novel in Linked Stories. Think Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell or Parasite by Darcy Coates.

More info + registration here: https://bit.ly/4rkiqwS



Image description: Clarion West presents Short Stories in Long Form: A Novel in Linked Stories. Virtual: October 14 at 5:30 PM PT with instructor A. Muia. Many of us love short stories, yet we also feel the pull to write novels. Caught in between? Join author A. Muia for a 90-minute live webinar exploring the beautiful hybrid structure of the novel in linked stories. We'll look at published works using this structure, learn what makes them novels instead of short story collections, talk about how to order the stories and create recurring characters, and more. Register at Clarion West dot org.

Blend the self-sufficiency of a short story with the overarching unity of a longer form work by creating a novel in linked short stories. A. Muia, Flannery O'Connor Award winner and author of A Desert Between Two Seas, shows us how to get it done in her 1.5 hour class on October 4.

Learn how to work with this unique form by registering here: https://bit.ly/4rkiqwS



Image description: Clarion West presents Short Stories in Long Form: A Novel in Linked Stories. Virtual: October 14 at 5:30 P.M. P.T. with instructor A. Muia. Many of us love short stories, yet we also feel the pull to write novels. Caught in between? Join author A. Muia for a 90-minute live webinar exploring the beautiful hybrid structure of the novel in linked stories. We'll look at published works using this structure, learn what makes them novels instead of short story collections, talk about how to order the stories and create recurring characters, and more. Register at Clarion West dot org.