Lost in the Woods: the Transformative Possibilities of Disorientation
by Scott Nadelson
Scott Nadelson on disorientation as a craft technique in the work of writers like Jamel Brinkley, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, and Eduardo Halfon.
Scott Nadelson is the author of a novel, a memoir, and five story collections, most recently The Fourth Corner of the World, which was named a Jewish Fiction Prize Honor Book by the Association of Jewish Libraries, and One of Us, winner of the G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize in Short Fiction. He teaches at Willamette University and in the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA Program at Pacific Lutheran University.
Scott Nadelson on disorientation as a craft technique in the work of writers like Jamel Brinkley, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, and Eduardo Halfon.
“Once you know you can be kicked out of Eden, it becomes a place of utter dread; you’re constantly waiting, looking over your shoulder, wondering if today will be the day”: Scott Nadelson discusses the dread of paradise.
