English 290 - TOPC CREATIVE NONFICT-WOMEN

A writer’s workshop designed to explore the complexities and delights of creative nonfiction. Constant reading, writing and critiquing. Writing sample and permission of the instructor are required.: Women have historically exerted their voice and power through writing, even as the professional trades of journalism and publishing have historically been unwelcoming of their presence. This class examines reporting and writing by and about women, and engage students in the practice of writing about gender, feminism, and women’s lives. Students produce their own researched and reported magazine-style project, while inspecting how the media represents feminist issues and analyzing the works of other writers who have probed women’s conditions and concerns. We grapple with questions of reportage, structure, ethical obligations to one’s subject, fair representation, and more.

Writing Sample Required.