The nonfiction literature of bodies of water and watery bodies explores trade routes, swimming pools, pipelines, borders, fountains, beaches, and bottles. We might rethink water through our memories and histories—and through those of Harriet Tubman, Herman Melville, Rachel Carson, Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Elissa Washuta. Students will discuss water's literally fluid meanings through historic and contemporary analysis and memoir, nature and science writing, poetry, activism, art, and their own littoral explorations. Through readings and student research into waters of their choice, we will discuss literary forms and approaches to topics such as: the Mississippi, hurricanes, the Rio Grande, fracking, Standing Rock, drought, Flint, swimming, shipping, and shores. Coursework includes classroom discussion, presentations, teaching facilitations, journals, and a creative/researched paper. What can we learn, say, and write about the substance that flows through our veins, our borders, and, sometimes, through our taps?