Raising the Dead: Writing Historical Fiction with Rachel Hall

Discover writing fiction that explores history, which might mean traditional historical fiction but might also include alternate histories or a story set in a place of historical importance. We’ll consider the ways that history can inspire and inform our fiction. Old photographs, letters, and other ephemera along with writing prompts will give participants several nuggets of writing that can lead to a longer project.

Class meets in-person, Thursday, July 24, 1 – 3 pm.

Class size: Minimum 5. Maximum 15.

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Teaching Artist: Rachel Hall’s is the author of Heirlooms (BkMk Press) which was selected by Marge Piercy for the 2015 G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize. Heirlooms was awarded the Phillip McMath Post-Publication Award and was runner-up for the Edward Lewis Wallant Award. Hall’s stories and essays have appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, most recently New England Review, Cimarron Review, and Bellevue Literary Review. In addition, she has received awards and honors from publications such as Lilith, Glimmer Train, Scoundrel Time, and New Letters and from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ragdale, Write On Door County, and the Ox-Bow School of the Arts.