Let Death Into Your Life
2 Hours • with Jade Song • All Levels
Available spots
Class Description
During a conversation with Maya Angelou, James Baldwin said: “The only way to live is knowing you’re going to die. If you’re afraid to die, you’ll never be able to live.” The fear of death is as natural as life—if we want to live, how can we learn to accept death? In this generative workshop, we’ll read from examples of various genres that focus on Death as a literary theme, from the personification of Death like in Jose Saramago’s Death with Interruptions to the defiance against Death like in Clarice Lispector’s Agua Viva. From the seeds of these examples and other narrative prompts, we’ll create new writing using our fear of death as creative energy. We’ll share and discuss what we write; together, we’ll try to reconcile the desire for life with the inevitability of death. Writers will leave with new pieces of writing as well as the beginnings for longer pieces. JADE SONG'S award-winning debut novel Chlorine was selected as a New York Times Editor’s Choice and translated into multiple languages. Song’s second novel, I Love You Don’t Die, will be published in March 2026, and their short story collection, Ox Ghost Snake Demon, is forthcoming in 2027. Song has been a featured speaker or teacher at The Writer’s Center, Amherst College, Tin House, The Miami Book Fair, and elsewhere.
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If you withdraw from a workshop TEN DAYS OR MORE before the start of the class: You'll receive credit toward another workshop (minus 10% transaction fee) OR a full refund (minus 10% transaction fee). The transaction fee is non-refundable for PVWW, so this is something we must apply to all refunds and transfers. If you withdraw from a workshop nine days before the start of the class up until 48 hours before: You'll receive a refund minus 20%. If you withdraw from a workshop less than 48 hours before the start of a class or after the class has begun: We cannot offer credit or any refund. If you are absent on the day of your workshop or miss it for any reason, we are unable to offer any kind of refund or credit. If we have to cancel a class you have paid for, you will receive a full refund, without the service charge deducted. For our full listing of policies, visit www.PioneerValleyWriters.Com, Policies page (under Home). To withdraw and receive a partial refund according to the above, please get in touch with us at admin@pioneervalleywriters.com
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Florence, Northampton, MA, USA