3.0

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Average Course Rating

This course introduces students to innovative readings in both fiction and nonfiction. It is designed for students who wish to stretch the boundaries of their own writing in fiction and nonfiction. In exploring craft in blurred-genre readings, students are encouraged to find ways to introduce new techniques into their own work. Readings may include such writers as Paula Vogel, Susan Griffin, James McBride, Alexandra Marzeno-Lesnevich, Rick Moody, Margaret Atwood, bell hooks, Te-Nehisi Coates, Sam Shepard, Moshin Hamid, Han Kang, Daniyal Mueenduddin, John Tateishi, Yiyun Li, Kathy Acker, and others. This course will follow traditional-workshop format during the last weeks of the class, and readings and exercises will take precedence during the first weeks. This course counts as an elective for either fiction or nonfiction students or it may count as a workshop for either genre.