Monsters matter—almost always we dread their entrance and cheer their downfall. This generative workshop will briefly review the classic rules of monster theory (their “social purpose”) and how we craft stories that fight against them. Employing works like Cohen’s Seven Theses of Monstrosity, Lovecraft Country and Ballad of Black Tom, as inspiration, we will use in-class prompts suitable for writers, comic artists and sketchers alike to consider the current trends of “injustice as monster” and how our heroes are helping us heal from it.

Open to writers and illustrators of all levels, ages 18+. This is a 2-hr workshop.

This workshop meets on Sat, March 16 from 1-3pm at LitArts RI.

About Your Teaching Artist

Amanda DeGrace (she/ella) is an urban planner based in Providence and a proud native of New Bedford, MA. By night she is as an apprentice at the Puerto Rican Institute for Arts & Advocacy in Pawtucket and an adjunct professor at College Unbound. But once upon a time, her academic work focused on transatlantic studies of monstrosity, the femme fatale and Caribbean lore.