Collage and Fragmented Narratives As A Form of Resistance in Memoir Writing by Shohreh Laici

Jesse L. Rosenberger Work-in-Progress Seminar Series: Collage and Fragmented Narratives As A Form of Resistance in Memoir Writing by Shohreh Laici

In this seminar, Writer and Scholar in Exile Shohreh Laici reads from her recent LitHub piece, "My Mother's Voice: Messages from Tehran," which uses literary collage and traumatic collisions to map how landscape, memory, war, and displacement can collide and restructure when we tell stories. The presentation combines a live reading with a shared discussion on how writing and examining memory can heal the past, helping us navigate current realities where freedom of expression and independent anti-war voices have become so vital.