4/29/24 - 5/20/24

Courtesy of One Story magazine, this course considers how to create complex, nuanced characters—without simply using them to propel plot. What does it mean to be attentive to our characters’ humanity? To look beyond their functions as sites of trauma or history?

11/4/2023

To be an avid reader is to fall in love with narratives unlike your own. But as writers, how do we capture stories that differ from our lived experiences? Using examples from classic and contemporary literature, this class will explore prose techniques for writing beyond biases.