English 360 - Memoir Writing: Memoir as Art and Argument

How does one write a life artfully, especially if it’s one’s own? This nonfiction writing workshop addresses the profound complexities, challenges, and pleasures of autobiographical work through intensive writing, reading, and discussion. The course examines how contemporary writers of “new memoir” use and refuse the conventions of the genre through a diverse array of aesthetic approaches, including innovative work that expands understanding of the genre. The attention is to craft, both in the memoirs read and those written. Enrollment limited to 12. Instructor permission required.