So, I had my first Narratively class last night and enjoyed it a lot. Audrey Farley is a good instructor, and the the class is diverse, old and young, black and white, male and female. We had thoughtful and thought-provoking discussion about the book, "Skinfolk," by Matthew Guterl. We discussed the author's narrative voice, agreeing that his voice is academic and distant, which makes him emotionally detached from the material, which is a memoir of growing up in a racially diverse family. The detachment makes the book feel antiseptic, and to me, the book is too careful, as though the author doesn't want to offend those still living, which leads to kind of "chickening out" on the hard topics. 

Our week's assignment is to practice writing in three different aspects of time. For example, Guterl writes his story in the time of the origin of his family, the culture and sensibilities of the 1970s, and Biblical time. 

My task will be to take a Fila story and situate her or another character in two, or even three, kinds of time.