Flashlight: Exploring Fiction Writing with Hopkins Faculty and Alumni

ArtsEntertainmentAthleticsMedia KriegerSchoolofArtsSciences HopkinsatHome November 11, November 11, Wednesdayhopkins at home, virtual, moser, writing, • Featuring Susan Choi, National Book Award winner and JHU Writing Seminars professor, and Gabriella Fee, current Moser Writer-in-ResidenceOdyssey is thrilled to invite you to a virtual conversation on Wednesday, November 11th at 12pm EST with National Book Award winner and JHU Writing Seminars professor Susan Choi. Discussion will focus on her latest novel, Flashlight, a spellbinding account of family, loss, memory, and the unseen forces that shape our lives. "EXPLOSIVE" (The New York Times Book Review) and "ASTONISHING" (The Atlantic), Flashlight was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award, and named one of President Obama's favorite books of 2025. It was a Best Book of the Year with The New Yorker, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and numerous other publications. Our event will consist of readings from the novel, a conversation about the craft of fiction, and time for audience questions, giving you the opportunity to engage directly with Professor Choi about her writing process and the ideas at the heart of her novels. She will be in conversation with Writing Seminars lecturer and Moser Family Writer-in-Residence Gabriella Fee.Copies of Flashlight are available for purchase through The Ivy Bookshop. Odyssey is Johns Hopkins’ noncredit lifelong learning program organized by the Office o