MASTER CLASS “SETTING OUR STORIES FREE” with SUSAN DARRAJ - Week 3
April 28th 6:30 pm-8 pm
AL-Bustan Seeds of Culture Art Gallery: 310 Master St., Philadelphia, PA 19122
A 4-Part Storytelling Master Class
Your story is a seed. Over four intensive sessions, join award-winning author Susan Muaddi Darraj to cultivate your narrative voice, master the craft of fiction, and help your personal history bloom into art.
WEEK 3 - The Texture
Focus: Detail, setting, and theme/ how to finish a first draft.
Your history is a masterpiece waiting to be written.
Learn the craft to finally set your stories free.
What’s Included in the Master Class:
Four 90 Minutes intensive workshops.
Guided prompts to spark new work.
Professional feedback in a supportive creative circle.
A final "sharing" session to celebrate the growth of each participant's story.
ABOUT Susan Muaddi Darraj
Susan is an award-winning writer of books for adults and children. She won an American Book Award, two Arab American Book Awards, and a Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artists Award. In 2018, she was named a USA Artists Ford Fellow. Her books include her linked short story collection, A Curious Land, as well as the Farah Rocks children’s book series. She lives in Baltimore, where she teaches creative writing at Harford Community College and the Johns Hopkins University. Her new novel, BEHIND YOU IS THE SEA, was published in January 2024 by HarperVia. It received praise from The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Ms Magazine, and it was named a Best Book of 2024 by The New Yorker andApple Books. Behind You Is the Sea was also shortlisted for the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award.