Atelier Students Learn How to Write an Epistolary Novel

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Photo highlights from the end of semester showing of the Princeton Atelier course, "How to Write an Epistolary Novel"

Two people on a stage viewing a projected text conversation.

Photo by Jon Sweeney

A group of people seated on a stage platform, one woman holding a blue ukulele, others reading papers.

Photo by Jon Sweeney

A group of seven people standing in a row, holding papers, against a dark background.

Photo by Jon Sweeney

Two people sitting side by side on a stage, engaged in discussion.

Photo by Jon Sweeney

Two people seated, one talking and the other listening.

Photo by Jon Sweeney

Two individuals present in an auditorium with a projected coffee cup image and a "Coffee Club Card" on the screen.

Photo by Jon Sweeney

Two people sitting on stage chairs, holding papers and smiling.

Photo by Jon Sweeney

New Yorker staff writer Patty Marx and Alan Zweibel, an Emmy Award-winning television comedy writer (Saturday Night Live, Curb Your Enthusiasm), co-taught the fall Princeton Atelier course, “How To Write an Epistolary Novel,” in which students worked in pairs to write a novel based on correspondence. On December 5, 2024, participants read from their works in progress during an end of semester class showing in the Drapkin Studio.

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