Interdisciplinary Arts 0289 - Long Poem & Lyric Essay Worksh

Workshop members should arrive willing to explore and to expand their interests through the long poem and/or the lyric essay. We'll experiment with the "malleability, ingenuity, immediacy, [and] complexity" available in these forms. Workshop members will also keep regular journals, research areas of interest, submit formal (typed) passages and self-contained segments of writing for peer review, and respond to peer and published works. In addition to a portfolio of work that includes a critical introduction, each workshop participant will complete one analytical paper and one formal presentation. Course readings will include work by Claudia Rankine, Eula Biss, WCW, Cornelius Eady, Sherwin Bitsui, and Anne Carson (among others). Limited to 16 students, and designed to offer practice at developing semester-length/extended creative projects, this workshop is suitable for Div II students who plan to pursue creative writing as a component of Division III. Potential workshop members must have completed at least one college-level creative writing workshop. Instructor permission is required. STUDENTS MUST ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ENROLLMENT IN THE WORKSHOP.

Independent Work Beyond class meeting time, students should expect to spend at least six to eight hours per week on preparation and work. This time includes reading, writing, responding to peer and published work, and may include required attendance at, or participation in, writing-related events.