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Off Campus Writers' Workshop - OCWW

Steve Almond - Crushing It: Why Desire Placed in Doubt = Story

  • December 18, 2025
  • 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • REMOTE - ZOOM ONLY

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Why are novels such as The Great Gatsby and Prep and Little Women so enduring? Because the action is propelled by a character who is desperately in love with someone who doesn’t love them back.

In this fast-paced session, we’ll explore how this kind of unbridled desire super-charges our stories. And we’ll do a free write that brings the lesson home.

STEVE ALMOND  is the author of a dozen books, including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His new novel, All the Secrets of the World, has been optioned for television by 20th Century Fox. He’s the recipient of an NEA grant for 2022 and teaches at Harvard and Wesleyan. His stories and essays have been published in venues ranging from the Best American Short Stories and the Best American Mysteries to the New York Times Magazine. He lives outside Boston with his wife, his three children, and his anxiety.

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