With Peter Counter
In stock
Trauma is a vague concept in literature—a term used when discussing everything from content warnings in university classes, to narrative conflict, to general ideas of metaphor and allegory in fiction. But for many readers and writers trauma is also a specific and painful reality reflected back at them through every aspect of arts, culture, and entertainment. How do we see the post-traumatic experience reflected in media, and what are some of the lessons we can learn from the relationship between author and audience when it comes to navigating an increasingly traumatic present? Join nonfiction writer and culture critic Peter Counter for a reading and lecture on narrative, language, and storytelling from his perspective as a survivor of gun violence.
