Creative Writing Master Class with Jake Lamar

TheColumbia Global Paris Centeraddresses pressing global issues that are at the forefront of international education and research: agency and gender; climate and the environment; critical dialogues for just societies; encounters in the arts; and health and medical science.Nestled in the Montparnasse district,Reid Hallhosts several Columbia University initiatives:Columbia Global Centers | Paris, theInstitute for Ideas and Imagination,Columbia Undergraduate Programs,M.A. in History and Literature, and theGSAPP Shape of Two Cities Program. This unique combination of resources is enhanced by our global network whose mission is to expand the University's engagement the world over through educational programs, research initiatives, regional partnerships, and public events.The Paris Center is part of Columbia Global, which brings together major global initiatives from across the university to advance knowledge and foster global engagement. Its mission is to address complex global challenges through groundbreaking scholarly pursuits, leadership development, cutting-edge research, and projects that aim for social impact. Its long-term goal is to reimagine the university’s role in society as not only a nexus for learning and intellectual exploration but also as a catalyst for creativity and impact locally, regionally, and globally. Columbia Global includes eleven Global Centers, as well as the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, the Committee on Global Thought, and Columbia World Projects.

Columbia Global Paris Center

Columbia Global Centers | Paris is pleased to present a master class in writing with author Jake Lamar.

Reid Hall

This master class will be composed of workshops in English taking place on the following days: Wednesdays - February 1, 8, 15, 22 from 19h - 21h; and Saturday, February 25, from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The total cost for these sessions is 600€. *<a href="https://www.flipsnack.com/5AFF86AA9F7/jake-lamar-masterclass-february-2023/full-view.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here</a> to view the full course description. Description:Any writer is capable of producing a beautiful sentence. This masterclass is focused on a greater challenge: how to tell a story. We will explore the architecture of the well-made text. How does one create suspense, develop a plot, find the voice of a narrator? Going beyond the question of inspiration, we will concentrate on practical aspects such as structure, narrative coherence and the importance of revision.If you have any questions about the master class, please email parisadministration.cgc@columbia.edu. * The master class is subject to cancellation if we receive less than six participants. In this case, all fees will be refunded.Instructor bio:<a href="http://jakelamar.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jake Lamar</a> was born in 1961 and grew up in the Bronx, New York. After graduating from Harvard University, he spent six years writing for Time magazine. He has lived in Paris since 1993 and teaches creative writing at one of France's top universities, Sciences Po. He is the author of a memoir, seven novels, numerous essays, reviews and short stories, and a play. His most recent work, Viper's Dream, is both a crime novel and an audio drama, set in the jazz world of Harlem between 1936 and 1961.He is a recipient of the Lyndhurst Prize (for his first book, Bourgeois Blues), a prestigious Centre National du Livre grant (for his novel Postérité), France’s Grand Prize for best foreign thriller (for his novel The Last Integrationist), and a Beaumarchais fellowship for his play Brothers in Exile. He is currently working on a memoir about his life in Paris.

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