In this course, we will focus on Creative Nonfiction as a practice for looking more deeply at ourselves and more widely at the world around us. In our pursuit of the truth, we get to ask big questions. And, in attempting to answer them, we are forced to become more curious and attentive, to examine our own assumptions and biases, and to create space to imagine new ways of being in the world.
This semester, we’ll spend the first half of the term on a series of CNF writing experiments–in memory, research, immersion, and reflection–imagining each as a mode of inquiry into self and the world. In the second half of the term, we’ll turn our experiments into essays, sharing our work in structured peer workshops.
This course will be offered on Canvas in a fully asynchronous format. It welcomes those who are new to creative nonfiction as well as experienced CNF writers.