Instructor: Garza
TR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM
This course will provide an introduction to writing and critiquing poetry and prose, an exposure to and appreciation for a variety of styles, and a means with which you can strengthen your relationship with language, making you a sharper reader of craft and techniques. As a citizen in our creative community, you will become an eager reader of your peers’ work, and you will use our workshops as a way of generously helping others hone their craft and improve their writing—which will then help you sharpen your own writing abilities. Students will be expected to write, workshop, and revise their own work during the course of the semester. By combining texts that are both creative and critical, this course will help you cultivate your own thoughts about creative writing, its function, its abilities, and will assist in your discovery of its place in our larger societal community and within your own life. Expected readings will include works from Carmen Maria Machado, Cristina Rivera Garza, Roger Reeves, Hiromi Itō, Marwa Helal, Warsan Shire, Ocean Vuong, and more!