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MysteryWrite Lewes Public Library in Lewes, DE Mysteries owe a debt to modern life – the urban, crime-filled, poverty-ridden, class distinctions that arose during the mid-1800s. The rise of large cities during the period came at a time when public reading was also on the rise. The public’s relatively new exposure to crime in their urban neighborhoods both fascinated and scared them, giving rise to the vilified and romanticized criminal and detective and a new literary genre, the detective/crime story/mystery. Since this time, the genre has grown to include detectives from around the world, comic capers, and many other types of stories. MysteryWrite takes the best mystery short stories and breaks them down so participants can discuss them and learn what makes them so addictive. Scholars will work with participants at each session, determining what makes the stories in that session worthy and how the audience can compile their own devious characters, sinister settings, and surprise endings! Sessions will include writing exercises. Please join us on these Mondays from 2 to 4pm! The Best of Mystery: 63 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. June 15 - The Amateur Detective June 29 - The Criminals July 13 - The Comedies of Crime Meetings are free and open to the public. Sign-up is requested. Books may be picked up at the site at least two weeks before each session; participants should read the books in advance of the sessions.
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This program is made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a
state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting arts in Delaware; and by the Delaware Humanities Forum, a state agency of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on activities in Delaware, visit
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