Jay Parini

This was a very easy course. I learned more about poetry in high school AP Lit, but being taught by Jay Parini was an experience in itself. He's very passionate and knowledgable and a highly entertaining lecturer.

least work you'll ever do for a course and most fun you'll ever have just sitting listening to a professor talk. lectures on modern poetry are offered up in equal measure to meandering stories about parini's life/career. you'll be entertained, at the very least, and might even learn a thing or two about poetry while you're at it.

I loved this class with professor Parini. I took it to fufill my art requirement, and ended up really enjoying it. Each week you have poems to read and then he splits the class into two groups and the groups alternate writing poems and work shopping them. You learn how to write free verse and sonnets and get to discuss the different styles with your peers. The final is a portfolio of all of the work youve written after you have edited it based on your peers feedback.

I loved this class with professor Parini. I took it to fufill my art requirement, and ended up really enjoying it. Each week you have poems to read and then he splits the class into two groups and the groups alternate writing poems and work shopping them. You learn how to write free verse and sonnets and get to discuss the different …Read more