Summer 2008 On-Campus Writing Workshops

The Creative Writing Program offers introductory, intermediate, and advanced writing workshops throughout the summer.

Our summer writing workshops are open to NYU and Non-NYU students.  NYU students will register for the summer term via Albert.  Non-NYU students should refer to the Summer in Greenwich Village website for course and registration information.  High school students should consult the NYU Precollege website to learn more about our precollege offerings.

SUMMER 2008 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Summer Session I: May 19 - June 27
Summer Session II: June 30 - August 8

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Creative Writing: Introduction to Fiction and Poetry (V39.0815, Multiple Sections)
No prerequisite. 4 points.
The popular introductory workshop offers an exciting introduction to the basic elements of poetry and fiction—with in-class writing, take-home reading and writing assignments, and substantive discussions of craft. The course is structured as a workshop, which means that students will receive feedback from their instructor and their fellow writers in a roundtable setting, and should be prepared to offer their classmates responses to their work. 

V39.0815001 Creative Writing: Introduction to Fiction & Poetry (Summer Session II)
M. Sethi, MW 1:30-4:40
V39.0815002 Creative Writing: Introduction to Fiction & Poetry (Summer Session I)
J. Vallese, TR 1:30-4:40
V39.0815003 Creative Writing: Introduction to Fiction & Poetry (Summer Session II)
A. McDonald, MW 9:15-12:25
V39.0815006 Creative Writing: Introduction to Fiction & Poetry (Summer Session I)
J. Weber, MW 9:15-12:25
V39.0815007 Creative Writing: Introduction to Fiction & Poetry (Summer Session II)
R. Villanueva, MW 9:15-12:25

FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: We offer two precollege sections of V39.0815 Creative Writing: Introduction to Fiction & Poetry.  Both sections meet TR 1:30-4:40 during Session II.  Please visit the NYU Precollege website for more information and application instructions.

Intermediate Poetry Workshop (V39.0817001, Summer Session II)
The Dog of Hearts: Twentieth-Century European Poetry
Michael March MW 1:30-4:40
Prerequisite: V39.0815, V39.9815, or equivalent. 4 points.
The Intermediate Poetry Workshop integrates in-depth craft discussions and extensive outside reading to deepen students’ understanding of the genre and broaden their knowledge of the evolution of literary forms and techniques. This course, The Dog of Hearts: Twentieth-Century European Poetry, explores the destruction and reconstruction of Europe through the alternating currency of its poetry, prose and images of its painters.  Each seminar will approach two poets—with students writing two poems: one resembling the work of the poet studied, the other their own—followed by class and individual discussion of the student’s work, with a precise reading of selected texts.

Advanced Fiction Workshop (V39.0820001, Summer Session II)
Meera Nair, MW 4:00-7:10
Our class will be about writing strategies: how to create memorable characters, how to get that plot engine revving, how to keep the dramatic tension going and the narrative voice compelling. In short, we will strengthen our story-telling skills by studying the many decisions---to do with beginnings, resolutions, dialogue, description, pacing and so on--- that go into creating good fiction. With this goal in mind students will do exercises in craft, create their own fiction and workshop it, and study tactics that published authors have used. Readings may include: Mishima, Ha Jin, Russel Banks, Charles Baxter, Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor, Isaac Babel, George Saunders among others.

Advanced Poetry Workshop (V39.0830001, Summer Session II)
Lee Briccetti, TR 4:00-7:10
Writing poems uses the personal music of "the voice that is great within us." This course emphasizes each participating writer's gifts and the deepening of facility through experimentation--exercises in metrical invention and revision, in an environment of conversation. Group critique and assigned readings reinforce a lively poetry exchange. The final project is the creation of a fascicle of poems.