Nighttime Logic Writers Workshop

Registration is currently full! Please email galexander@bklynlibrary.org to be placed on the waitlist, or if you have any questions.

 

APRIL 2ND - 30TH

In daytime logic, a creepy house is creepy because someone died and now their ghost lives there. The logic is linear; what you are presented with is what you get. In dream logic, a house where the walls are made of spaghetti is obviously a dream because that doesn’t make any sense. But nighttime logic fills us with a greater sense of unease. You arrive at a house and it’s filled with people. Everyone knows you, but you don’t know them. Reality is unmoored. There’s something missing, but you can’t put your finger on it.

Coined by Kelly Link, “nighttime logic” explores the sticky space between “daylight and dreaming” in fiction. It’s used to unsettle us into finding a complicated, emotional truth while not having all the answers. In this class, we’ll explore the uses of nighttime logic through prompts, workshop, and discussion. We’ll read Joyce Carol Oates, Pemi Aguda, Mariana Enriquez, Kelly Link, Terrance Hayes, and more.

About the Teacher: Melissa Lozada-Oliva is a poet, novelist, and screenwriter. She is the author of peluda, Dreaming of You, and Candelaria, which was named one the best books of 2023 by USA TODAY and VOGUE.  She runs a substack called READING SUCKS and is the cohost of the podcast SAY MORE with Olivia Gatwood. She is this year's Our Word Writer-in-Residence at Columbia University and earned her MFA from NYU. She has taught Writing the Novel in Verse at the Center for Fiction and she lives in Brooklyn. 

Registration is Required! If the class is full, email galexander@bklynlibrary.org to be placed on the waitlist, or if you have any questions.

The workshop is being hosted offsite at Compere Collective.