In her two-hour Electric Literature masterclass, Marie-Helene Bertino talks about why she writes magic: there is something she wants to say “about memory, joy, trauma, class, ongoingness, [and] what we mean to each other.” “Disrupting Realism,” the masterclass hosted by Bertino and friends, is one-part celebration—Parakeet has landed in paperback—and two parts literary citizenship. Bertino, who knows what it’s like to desperately want to attend a program but not have the means to afford it, aims to make writing accessible. The event is available to all, free of charge.
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