It means mentoring younger writers, sharing instead of hoarding opportunities.” Gay uses her works as case studies, covering topics such as consuming and critiquing culture, writing about trauma, engaging with readers, the business of writing and “becoming a good literary citizen,” which Gay defined as “giving to your community at large as much as you take.
×AdvertisementThe MasterClass is divided into 20 chapters, each video between three and 15 minutes long, that students can watch in increments or one continuous binge. “The class is for practicing writers who want to develop their opinion writing skills, but it’s also for new writers who maybe have not considered writing before but do have an opinion, an idea or something they want to say and would like to know where to start.” The classes mostly focus on prose - fiction and nonfiction - but people who write in other genres can learn from them too, said Gay in a video interview Thursday. 'Bad Feminist' and 'Hunger' author Roxane Gay will use the instructional lecture format to teach writing with a bent toward justice and social change. Author Roxane Gay (rgay) will use the instructional lecture format to teach writing with a bent toward justice and social change.
