Spc Stdy/Poetry Seminar
Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:
14
CRN: 16540
CRN: 16540
Courses offered under this number focus on topics within creative writing, such as poetic influences, the short story form, and writing the novel. The precise topics and methods of each section vary. Barring duplication of subject, course may be repeated for credit. For details, see the course descriptions available in the English Department.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits.
Instructors: David Blair
Times & Locations
Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
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8/30/2021 | 12/13/2021 | R | 9:40am - 12:30pm | HS 250C |
Additional Course Details:
Fall 2021 Special Topic: Special Studies in Creative Writing, Cases of Useful Reading
This section will focus on a diverse selection of contemporary poetry books and some of the immediate and/or classic forerunners behind them for poets and writers to explore as potential influences for their own practice. We will be working with with the processes of reading and writing to create portfolios of engaged investigations into craft, with at least biweekly creative writing assignments as well as practice writing brief book reviews.
Booklist
Required Texts:
ENG 898, Special Studies in Creative Writing, Cases of Useful Reading
Instructor: David Blair
1) The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke
Author: Theodore Roethke
Publisher: Anchor Book
ISBN-13 : 978-0385086011
2) Dear John, Dear Coltrane
Author: Michael Harper
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
ISBN: 978-0252011931
3) The Whitsun Weddings
Author: Philip Larkin
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN-13 : 978-0571097104
4) One Big Self
Author: C.D. Wright
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN-13 : 978-1556592584
5) Three Poems
Author: Hannah Sullivan
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN-13 : 978-0571337675
6) Selected Poems
Author: James Tate
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN-13 : 978-0819511928
7) Homie: Poems
Author: Danez Smith
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN-13 : 978-1644450109
8) Lunch Poems
Author: Frank O'Hara
Publisher: City Light Books
ISBN-10 : 0872860353
9) July
Author: Kathleen Ossip
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN-13 : 978-1946448781
10) The Curious Thing
Author: Sandra Lim
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
ISBN-13 : 978-0393867893
11) Popular Longings
Author: Natalie Shapero
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN-13 : 978-1556595882
12) The Man with the Night Sweats
Author: Thom Gunn
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-13 : 978-0374530686