General Admission: $30 | Belcourt/Porch Members: $25
Join the Belcourt and the Porch for a film-inspired writing workshop to kick off the new year. Jim Jarmusch’s new film, FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, is constructed in the form of a triptych. The three chapters all concern the relationships between adult children reconnecting or coming to terms with aging or lost parents — which take place in the present and each in a different country. We’ll use the film as inspiration to write our own personal narratives in three parts. This is a generative workshop, so bring your writing materials or a laptop.
Presented in conjunction with Jim Jarmusch’s FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, opening at the Belcourt on Fri, Jan 9. See the film on your own, then join us for the workshop. Movie tickets sold separately.
About Susannah Felts
Susannah is a writer and cofounder/codirector of The Porch, a literary arts organization based in Nashville. She has been awarded the Tennessee Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Fellowship in Fiction and the Tennessee Williams Scholarship to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, as well as residencies at the Ragdale Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Hambidge Center. Susannah is a contributing writer for Chapter 16, and her essays and fiction have appeared in publications such as The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018, Joyland, Guernica, Catapult, Literary Hub, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Longreads, StorySouth, Oxford American, and others. Her new novel, The Come Apart, is forthcoming in June 2026 from Triquarterly Press, and her Substack is FIELD TRIP. She loves the (new) Belcourt and has happy memories of the old Belcourt.
About The Porch
The Porch inspires, educates and connects writers and readers of all ages and stages through classes and literary events. Workshops at The Porch are rigorous yet welcoming, encouraging creative expression while sharpening knowledge of craft. Led by experienced teachers, our classes allow participants to learn from one another in a supportive atmosphere.
