Distance, Intimacy, and the Page: On Longing in Fiction Zoom Seminar with Alyssa Songsiridej on Sunday, July 27th, 2025

Live Seminar Via Zoom Sunday, July 27th, 2025Class will meet 12PM - 2PM Eastern Any questions about this class? Use the Chat Button (lower left) to talk with us. What is desire, and how does it manifest in fiction? Is it born from the character, or is it a force that acts on the character? What are its qualities? And why does the depiction of desire in fiction matter?  Instructor Alyssa Songsiridej is a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree and the author of Little Rabbit, a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the PEN/Hemingway Award and, according to Carmen Maria Machado, “a love letter to bottoming and being an artist and following yourself to the end of everything.”  Read an Interview with Alyssa on Longing in Fiction in our Meet the Teaching Artist series. A former managing editor at Electric Literature and an instructor in Temple University’s MFA program, she has worked on both sides of the editorial relationship and edited stories that went on to