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Friends of Sarah Lawrence College to Offer Free Course, The Writer's Toolbox, Beginning Friday, October 16


By Christina Staudt


Oct. 14, 2015:  The Friends of Sarah Lawrence College will begin its 2015 fall programming on Friday, October 16, with a series of classes for the reader who wants to look beyond the surface of the text.

The Writer's Toolbox is a course of three lectures by Dr. Angela Moger, Sarah Lawrence College professor emeritus of French and comparative literature, that will unveil how writers hone language to keep us glued to the page. Dr. Moger explains: "Fiction is doubly beguiling. Our initial infatuation engenders a second level of enticement: the desire to grasp its means of working its wiles. This course will develop our radar for detecting how writers produce their magic."

Six stories by well-known 20th-century authors will be analyzed to illustrate how form begets content. The theme of the class on Friday, October 16, is "style enacts plot." To illustrate the point, the class will be reading Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" and Katherine Mansfield's "Her First Ball."

The second class, on Friday, October 23, focuses on "unpacking the opening," with John Cheever's "Goodbye, My Brother" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" providing fodder for the analysis.

For the third class, on Friday, October 30, Dr. Moger has selected "exploring writing, revealing life" as the prism for examining Sherwood Anderson's "Death in the Woods" and Ann Beattie's "Snow."

All of the lectures will be in the Marshall Field Music Building, Room 3, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. Copies of the readings are available at Sarah Lawrence Library. (Ask for "The Friends' Basket" at the information desk.)

The series is open and free to Friends of Sarah Lawrence College Library. Everyone is welcome to become a Friend, and it is easy: Go online to https://alum.slc.edu/friends-of-the-library or bring a check to the program.  

Reservations for The Writer's Toolbox are requested but not required. For more information and to register, contact Tim Kail at 914-395–2472 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Pictured here:  Professor Angela Moger.

Photo courtesy Christina Staudt

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