223  Intro to Creative Nonfiction  Fall 2004

Syllabus and Course Description

Course Schedule:  Calendar of Readings & Responsibilities  Part I , Part II

 

Essays On E-reserve at Zimmerman Library

Patricia Hampl's "Memory & Imagination"        

Philip Lopate's "Writing Personal Essays:  On the Necessity of Turning Oneself into a Character"

Dan Stolar's "City Map"

Vivian Gornick's "The Situation & the Story"

Lisa Chavez's  “Independence Day, Manley Hot Springs, Alaska.”

Brian Doyle's “Being Brians” 

Lee Gutkind's "

Richard Selzer's "The Knife"

Judith Ortiz Cofer's "Silent Dancing"

Naomi Shihab Nye's "Maintenance"

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Handouts (on website)

          Publishing Your Work 

The Reading Response

Revised Reading Response

Craft Features:  Quotes, Ideas, Questions, Working Definitions

The Peer Response

Revising for the Middle Draft

Workshops            (pdf)

Craft Exercises

Essay Assignments