Julia Elliott Reading / April 10, 2008
Event Report
Fiction writer Julia Elliott read to an audience of approximately fifty people in the penultimate event of the spring 2008 New Writing Series on April 10, 2008.
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Set List (compiled by Katie Lattari)
Introduction by Dave Kress
“The Whipping”
– originally published in the Georgia Review
Questions
How long did it take you to write “The Whipping”?
How much personal experience went into “The Whipping”?
Did you revise “The Whipping”?
Was it particularly difficult to write the prayer scenes in “The Whipping”?
What do you think is the most important aspect of the short story?
Did you place alliteration in your story on purpose?
Did you find it hard to get “The Whipping” published?
Could you tell us something about your CDs [Elliot’s band “Grey Egg“]?
I noticed the inclusion of incongruous tastes and smells in the story; do you include that in your writing on purpose, and continually?
Was there more of the Arthurian novel included in “The Whipping” originally?
What’s the rest of your writing like, compared with “The Whipping”?
What does “texture” mean to you in terms of writing?
What/ who do you read?