In this intermediate workshop, we will study the essential elements of literary nonfiction through the practices and provocations of mostly living, working writers who represent diverse perspectives, styles, and genres: creative nonfiction, essays, memoirs, articles, criticism, commentary, lyricism, and hybrid works. Students will practice critical reading of published pieces and peer work and write literary narratives of their own. Students’ writing will be critiqued by peers in class on a rotating basis as they progress through a series of drafts and projects, including exercises, final sustained works, and revisions.

In this intermediate workshop, we will study the essential elements of literary nonfiction through the practices and provocations of mostly living, working writers who represent diverse perspectives, styles, and genres: creative nonfiction, essays, memoirs, articles, criticism, commentary, lyricism, and hybrid works. Students will practice critical reading of published pieces and peer work and write literary narratives of their own. Students’ writing will be critiqued by peers in class on a rotating basis as they progress through a series of drafts and projects, including exercises, final sustained works, and revisions.