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Felony & Fiction

Taught by Cynthia Weiner



Community Workshop: Open to all – no Duke affiliation required!

When
  • Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 6:00pm
Where

Ruby Lounge
2020 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27708

Venue Details
Notes

Registration for this workshop will open on Friday, February 7.

Felony & Fiction

Taught by Cynthia Weiner


Community Workshop: Open to all – no Duke affiliation required!

A presentation and workshop led by Cynthia Weiner, Assistant Director of The Writers Studio, NYC, and author of the novel A Gorgeous Excitement (Crown, 2025). Weiner will explain how she crafted her novel around the infamous “Preppy Murder” of 1986. She’ll discuss fictionalizing true crimes and guide a writing intensive where participants create their own stories incorporating true crime case elements. Choose from a selection of cases in the handout (or bring your own) and begin to craft your original, fictional piece.

Meet the Instructor

Cynthia Weiner

Cynthia Weiner has had a long career writing and teaching fiction. Her short stories have been published in Ploughshares, The Sun, and Epiphany, and her story “Boyfriends” was awarded a …

More Info

Duke Arts Create is a series of free, hands-on arts workshops designed to help all Duke students, including graduate and professional students (including Duke Health), as well as Duke faculty and staff develop a variety of creative skills in the visual arts, dance and movement, creative writing and more. Workshops are open to all skill levels and backgrounds. Most workshops are held in the Duke Arts Annex, the Rubenstein Arts Center or the Duke Arts Office 2101 and are typically held weeknights from 6-8 p.m.

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