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Stefanie Levine Cohen's avatar

My mind is racing with bits and pieces of scattered ideas since reading this-thank you so much for your generosity! I would love to take this class if you offer it on line. The concept that our present had become more fantastical than our imagined futures - it’s terrifying in its truth.

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Michelle Kuo's avatar

I wish I could take your class!!!! It sounds so awesome.

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Alexander Chee's avatar

Maybe I’ll offer a version of it online

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Molly Templeton's avatar

I hope you do! This post alone is so generous, but I'm greedy and also want a whole class of it. :)

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Mitchell Duran's avatar

Yesss

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Alexander Chee's avatar

Thank you!

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Jacquelyn Coffee's avatar

Hey Alex, Love your stuff -- I'll never forget your essay about how you turned a garbage strewn pit of a back yard into a rose garden. Just reading you is a Master Class! I'd sign up immediately for any class you offered. Please let us know here on Querent when that becomes available.

Best regards, Jackie in Astoria Queens

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helen :-)'s avatar

What Cannot Be Taken Back has probably changed my life. Thank you!

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Alexander Chee's avatar

My pleasure!

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april's avatar

This is so great and I’m so inspired! Greedily adding everything to my reading list!

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Alexander Chee's avatar

Thank you. It’s been fun to teach and think about.

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Alice Elliott Dark's avatar

This is a great course! I love seeing all of these great books and short stories in one place and speaking to each other in this way.

Thanks so much for sharing this .

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Alexander Chee's avatar

Oh thanks so much Alice.

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Takim Williams's avatar

Thanks Alex! Puts words to many of my thoughts on storytelling in general, and speculative fiction in particular.

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Deesha Philyaw's avatar

Thank you, Alexander!

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Alexander Chee's avatar

A pleasure!

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Arabelle Sicardi's avatar

What bounty. Thank you!

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Alexander Chee's avatar

Oh thanks

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Nancy's avatar

Thank you for this post!

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Rasha Refaie's avatar

I need to print this whole post and tape it to my work wall. thank you!! 🙏🏼

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Auzin Ahmadi's avatar

This is amazing - I've bookmarked the book/storu lists for later, and can't wait to get into the prompts. Thank you for this!

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