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SUMMARY:Levan Institute Series: “On Writing”—Paragraphs
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of the Levan Institute for the Humanities' 
 “On Writing” series\, conversations aiming to answer questions about how 
 writing matters\, now. This conversation will feature Angelica Jade Basti
 én (writer\, essayist\, and film critic) and Anahid Nersessian (UCLA)\, h
 osted by Sarah Mesle (USC). Organized in partnership with the Consortium 
 for Gender\, Sexuality\, Race and Public Culture. Registration is require
 d. REGISTER\n\nDescription: Prose comes in sentences\, and these sentence
 s — almost always — come clustered together into that mysterious unit: “t
 he paragraph.” In elementary school\, most of us use a simple spell that 
 can turn a sequence of sentences into a cohesive idea: start with a topic
  sentence\, follow it with a piece of evidence\, and wave the magic wand 
 of analysis. Sometimes\, the magic works\, and the reader finds themselve
 s with a fascinating\, cohesive\, idea. But for many of us\, paragraph ma
 gic is more elusive. How much evidence? What counts as analysis? How migh
 t the magic of a paragraph be altered by the size of a font\, piece of pa
 per\, or iPhone screen? What makes a good paragraph in a magazine\, an es
 say\, a substack\, or an article? In this event\, journalist Angelica Jad
 e Bastien will compare paragraph notes with Anahid Nersessian\, author an
 d professor of English at UCLA.\n\nAngelica Jade Bastién is a writer\, fi
 lm critic\, and essayist. She has been on staff at New York Magazine sinc
 e 2017. She has previously written for The Atlantic\, The New York Times\
 , Harper’\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/00ff9f67-b1f7-43df-841e-fad48112
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