CRW 4930.003: Creative Nonfiction Writing (CRN 85655) MW 12:30pm – 1:45pm || Fall 2020

USF Tampa Campus Dr.JuliaKoets

In this creative nonfiction workshop, we will explore the various forms of the genre, including memoir, lyric essay, personal narrative, literary journalism, and other hybrid forms. Considering essays on craft and the work of contemporary creative nonfiction writers, including Jaquira Diaz, Jericho Parms, Paisley Rekdal, Kiese Laymon, Silas Hansen, Ryan Van Meter, Jo Ann Beard, Eula Biss, Lia Purpura, and Gwendolyn Wallace, we will discuss a multitude of creative nonfiction forms and structuring techniques. Our discussions and writing activities will help you generate ideas for the creative nonfiction essays you will write and workshop over the course of the semester. Come write your story!