TaraShea Nesbit’s second novel,Beheld, is a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choiceand anIndies Next Pickfor April 2020. Her first novel,The Wives of Los Alamos, was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, aNew York TimesBook Review Editors’ Choice, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, an Indies Choice Debut Pick, an Amazon Best Book of the Month, and winner of two New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. Her essays and fiction been featured inGranta,Lit Hub,The Guardian,Salon, Fourth Genre, Quarterly West, The Collagist, and elsewhere.
Mentor Statement
As a faculty mentor, my goals are to help writers generate new material, develop and learn about their deeper subject matter, and continue to use critical analysis skills to see how stories, novels, and essays are made.
As a teacher, I help writers develop and sustain a writing practice, offering honest and encouraging feedback. I want to ask you the right questions that help you find solutions to your writing challenges and feel energized to get back to the page.
Together we will look at building emotional complexity, creating multiple characters, applying research, developing a nuanced world, and utilizing a structure that works for the story or essay you find yourself writing.
