R.O. Kwon teaches

Writing into Fear: A Writing Workshop

Online session Wednesday, May 7 from 8pm to 10pm EST

Increasingly, I trust in fear as a kind of guidepost: I walk toward it by writing about what terrifies me, what I can barely stand to put on a page, making art about the secret things I can hardly tell myself. Or as Toni Morrison said: “I am so terrified of terror that I always go where it is—for worse than anything for me is not facing the fear. If something is disturbing to me, I shoot there as fast as I can. I cannot abide that ability to not abide in my own destiny. There’s no evasion. It’s very compelling to go directly to the source. What you fear—it’s always information." How might fear serve as a guidepost for what you want to write next? What to do with the anxiety and even panic that can arise while trusting in fear? This class will be lecture-based and generative, and you'll leave with strategies for how to work along and with your own fears. — R.O. Kwon

R. O. Kwon is the author of the nationally bestselling novel Exhibit, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Kwon’s bestselling first novel, The Incendiaries, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award. With Garth Greenwell, Kwon coedited the bestselling Kink, a New York Times Notable Book. Kwon’s books have been translated into seven languages and named a best book of the year by over forty publications. Kwon’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere. Born in Seoul, Kwon has lived most of her life in the United States.