Ottessa Moshfegh

Explore the short stories of Ottessa Moshfegh in her book “Homesick For Another World.” The themes of her stories and the motivations of her characters, however ambiguous, are an excellent launchpad into discussion and serve as an introduction of our own short stories.

“I guess I have a lot of emotion stored up But it’s nothing bad. It’s love. It’s love rotting up inside of me... That’s it... I have too much love, I think, and nobody to give it to.”
— Homesick For Another World

As always, choose your level of participation:

Hemingway: “In fiction, it’s what you leave out that counts. Nine-tenths of it has got to be beneath the surface. That’s what gives dignity to the story.”

Besides reading one of Moshfegh’s “Homesick For Another World”, here are a few things to listen to, watch, practice, and/or read as we prepare: