English CRLC. Fiction: Craft and Workshop

Instructor: Raven Leilani
Section 1:
Monday, 9:00-11:45am | Location: TBD
Section 2:
Monday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD
Enrollment: Limited to 12 students

In this creative writing workshop, we will read/annotate workshop pieces and assigned readings. We will talk critically about craft. We will discuss the work of writing—the emotional and practical demands of getting words down on paper, the contract you uphold with your reader—all of the trust, generosity, and anxiety involved. We will focus on the sentence level, hone our precision with language, and examine effective ways of breaking the rules. We will read with an eye for what we can borrow. We will read (short fiction and excerpts) Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Loorie Moore, Milan Kundera, Jhumpa Lahiri, Rachel Cusk, Ling Ma, Vladimir Nabokov, James Baldwin, and more.

Supplemental Application Information: Please submit a writing sample of 3-5 pages of fiction, along with an application letter explaining your interest in this course, any writing experience you feel is relevant, and listing examples of work that moves and/or influences you, explaining why it does.

Apply via Submittable (deadline: 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, November 10)