Karin Gottshall

I had a great experience with Professor Gottshall, and she is clearly very passionate about poetry, writing, and encouraging student creativity. That being said, the course is not structured clearly, and it lacks a consistent process of a learning goal. It feels more like individual students are seeing what works for them. However, with poetry being entirely subjective, it is understandably difficult to teach a class where almost any form of poetry can be well-written

I had a great experience with Professor Gottshall, and she is clearly very passionate about poetry, writing, and encouraging student creativity. That being said, the course is not structured clearly, and it lacks a consistent process of a learning goal. It feels more like individual students are seeing what works for them. However, w …Read more

I came into this class with minimal experience with poetry, having written a few very low quality poems. I took the class partly for the distribution requirements and partly because I wanted to get a better feel for poetry. I can safely say that I accomplished that. However, the class title is slightly misleading. Poetry structure is only briefly discussed every now and then. The class primarily consists of writing poetry in class and getting feedback on those poems. If you take this class, I would recommend having some experience with writing poetry.

I came into this class with minimal experience with poetry, having written a few very low quality poems. I took the class partly for the distribution requirements and partly because I wanted to get a better feel for poetry. I can safely say that I accomplished that. However, the class title is slightly misleading. Poetry structure is …Read more

Super chill course, and it is nice to write poetry. We did some relevant readings about poetry, and at other times we just read poems. It is a very light workload and an enjoyable class environment. Karin is so sweet.