Creative Writing Workshops

Instructor: Claire Messud Wednesday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students Course Site In this course, we will explore the evolution of a story from a factual anecdote or incident to a fictional creation. The aims of the semester...

Instructor: Neel Mukherjee Monday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: Barker 018 Enrollment: Limited to 12 students Course site The course will consist of two halves. In the first hour of each class, we will be doing close readings/literary-critical analyses of an...

Instructor: Teju Cole TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students This reading and writing intensive workshop for students who want to learn to write literary fiction. The goal of the course would be for each student to produce two polished...

Instructor: Nick White Thursday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students This is a fiction workshop for those who are interested in the art and craft of horror literature. In this class, we will learn how other writers have...

Instructor: Geraldine Brooks Day & Time: Fridays 12-2:45pm Enrollment: Limited to 12 students. Course Website This workshop aims to develop a tool box useful for a wide range of fiction. Students will begin by writing an oral history, develop it into a...

Instructor: Geraldine Brooks Day & Time: Mondays 12-2:45pm Enrollment: Limited to 12 students. Course Website Using the Harvard archives, students will complete a short story or chapter based on a character or incident that occurred on this campus anytime...

Instructor: Laura van den Berg Day & Time: Thursday 12-2:45pm Enrollment: Limited to 12 students. Course Website In Lost Children Archive, Valeria Luiselli writes: “I suppose that documenting things—through the lens of a camera, on paper, or with a sound...

Instructor: Laura van den Berg Day & Time: Wednesday 12-2:45pm Enrollment: Limited to 12 students. Course Website This course will focus on the art of writing fiction. The initial weeks will focus on reading and craft discussion— exploring craft subjects...

Instructor: Teju Cole Day & Time: Wednesday 3-5:45pm Enrollment: Limited to 12 students. Course Website The tension between the invented and the observed has compelled many writers to break out of inherited forms. How can we productively blur the line...

Instructor: Joan Naviyuk Kane Day & Time: Thursday 12-2:45pm Course Website This poetry workshop centers the work of BIPOC writers through intensive study of poetry writing and the writing process, focusing on craft techniques of imagery, rhythm, and...