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Anindita Basu Sempere
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APM at Performant Software. PhD & MFA. Digital Humanities, place, poetics, Elizabeth Bishop, poetry, children's lit. She/her. Lived in Lausanne for over a decade and now relearning the US.
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Cool part about a virtual workshop is there were attendees from the US, Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa -- all over. Fitting for a workshop on place 😉

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Well that was very fun -- led a pre-conference virtual workshop for SCBWI Europolitan on Place in Fiction. Great attendees and discussion. Fun times!

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The Immigration and Nationality Act was signed into law by LBJ on October 3, 1965. More from the South Asian American Digital Archive's newsletter: mailchi.mp/saada/today-...

“Inspired by the Civil Rights revolution in American society, the 1965 Immigration Act explicitly abolished the discriminatory national origins quotas that had regulated entrance into the country since the 1920s. It explicitly prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, sex, nationality, place of birth, or place of residence in the U.S. government’s decisions to issue immigrant visas. Instead, the law established a new preference system based on professional status and family reunification.”
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Here's a full description of the workshop.

Session 2 - Workshop - Place in Fiction with
Anindita Basu Sempere 
Setting is defined as the location and time period of a story, but a character's sense of place and interactions with places can add depth and nuance to a story, elevating setting beyond simple backdrop. How do place and character create each other? How does place reveal character and provide sources of conflict? How can experience of place add resonance to stories, in particular to endings? Join us for an interactive workshop on place in fiction. We will discuss the difference between setting and place, look at examples from middle grade, young adult, and graphic novels, and write.
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This makes me so happy! And yes, on Saturday, October 5th, I'm leading a virtual workshop on Place in Fiction for children's and YA writers. 10 am ET / 4 pm CET. Registration details below.

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Hey writers/journalists in Seattle! Do you want to come to Iceland for 2-4 weeks to write about Icelandic literature? All expenses paid! More info here: reykjavik.is/en/city-of-l...

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Wow. I remember having to read a full book/week in some undergrad courses — anthropology, contemporary poetry, etc.

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So relatable. I got a job during my first year of college in part to pay for my long-distance phone bills 😬

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Anindita Basu Sempere
@absempere.bsky.social
APM at Performant Software. PhD & MFA. Digital Humanities, place, poetics, Elizabeth Bishop, poetry, children's lit. She/her. Lived in Lausanne for over a decade and now relearning the US.
334 followers393 following470 posts