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    PARENTING IN THE LITERARY IMAGINATION

    PARENTING IN THE LITERARY IMAGINATION

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    Through close readings of several short stories, this class will focus on the depiction of parenthood in twentieth- and twenty-first century American literature. Some of these authors assume the voice and point of view of children to offer cultural and social critiques. Others offer an adult perspective on the challenges and complexities of raising children. Most of these stories meditate on the notion of loss—whether the loss of childhood innocence, the loss of closeness between parents and children, and even the unthinkable loss of a child. Some of the authors include Elizabeth McCraken, Ellen Gilchrist, Frederick Busch, Jhumpa Lahiri, Keven Brockmeier, and Charles Yu. All the readings will be provided.

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    About the lecturer(s)

    Thomas Fahy

    Thomas Fahy, a nonfiction writer, novelist, and professor of literature and creative writing, has published 19 books. His most recent, The Life of the Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald, was released in November of 2025. He has also published essays on everything from Paris Hilton and 1980s vampire films to contemporary television and theater. His works have been translated into several languages, and he has been interviewed by the Associated Press, Salon, and other publications, as well as radio hosts in the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and Malaysia. He was recently featured in a documentary about Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood for Arte Television and on the BBC radio program “Literary Pursuits.”


    When he is not writing, Dr. Fahy performs regularly as a classical pianist with the New York Piano Society and has appeared in recent concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Concert Hall, and other venues in New York City. He has a degree in music from the University of California, Davis, and he served as an adjunct professor of piano at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for several years before moving to New York. He is a fascinating and dynamic teacher who is able to bring his wide interdisciplinary knowledge to whatever the subject.

    Lecture Details

    Program
    Summer 2023
    Sessions
    3 lecture(s)
    Day & Time
    Thursday, 10:00 AM to 12 noon
    Date(s)
    Jun 01, 2023
    Jun 08, 2023
    Jun 15, 2023