Writing: Poetry, Fiction, NonFiction An introduction to the writing of poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction through analysis of writings by modern and contemporary poets and prose writers and regular discussion of student writing. Different instructors may choose to emphasize one literary form or another in a given semester. Workshops will focus on composition and revision, with particular attention to the basics of form and craft. This course is a prerequisite to CRWR 0380, CRWR 0385, CRWR 0370, and CRWR 0375. (This course is not a college writing course.)

The Art and Practice of Poetry  In this course students will investigate the poetry and poetics of the 21st century and create their own collection of poems. We will read widely in contemporary poetry, with a focus on formal and structural possibilities and other technical aspects of poetic craft. Through the revision process, we will learn strategies for making poems that enlarge language and express our inner worlds. Each week students will share their own work with peers as we build a vocabulary for discussing poetry. We will produce an anthology of class work, and the final project will be a chapbook of finished pieces.

This course is an advanced workshop for students who have already done some work in poetry and are committed to the challenge of continued artistic development. Students will write a new poem each week, and revise at least eight of these for inclusion in a final chapbook project. Readings will include craft essays as well as several recent poetry collections by writers such as Hanif Abdurraqib and Natalie Diaz. Students must have completed (CRWR 0170 or CRWR 0175 and instructor approval).

Writing: Poetry, Fiction, NonFiction An introduction to the writing of poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction through analysis of writings by modern and contemporary poets and prose writers and regular discussion of student writing. Different instructors may choose to emphasize one literary form or another in a given semester. Workshops will focus on composition and revision, with particular attention to the basics of form and craft. This course is a prerequisite to ENAM 0370, ENAM 0375, ENAM 0380, and ENAM 0385.

Workshop: Poetry This course is an advanced workshop for students who have already done some work in poetry and are committed to the challenge of continued artistic development. Students will write a new poem each week, and revise at least eight of these for inclusion in a final chapbook project. Readings will include craft essays as well as several recent poetry collections by writers such as Hanif Abdurraqib and Natalie Diaz. (any 100-level CRWR course and Instructor Approval).

The Structure of Poetry  This course is a workshop for beginning students in the field of creative writing. Students will read a selection of poems each week and write their own poems, producing a portfolio of their work at the end of the term. There will be an emphasis on revision. Students will be introduced to a range of forms as well, including prose poems, epistles, the tanka, the long poem, and the sonnet.

The Poetics of Lullaby In his lecture on the art of Spanish lullaby, poet Federico García Lorca observed that, “In melody…history’s emotion finds refuge.” The situation of lullaby, as a transitional gesture between waking life and sleep, has made it a natural depository for human wishes, terrors, and fantasies across centuries and cultures. We will investigate the seemingly universal language of lullaby in its folk and literary traditions around the world. Learning will be both research-based and experiential. Readings and papers will include scholarship on individual songs and poems within their contexts, and field work will explore lullaby as a living folk tradition.

Karin Gottshall

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I had professor Ibeh, this is his first semester here and I feel like he's making up the class as he goes but it doesn't bother me. It's a lax class with no exams (you just have to submit a portfolio at the end of the semester). The classes were pretty much all discussions about the readings and there could be a lot of reading but they were mainly stories so it wasnt bad. overall chill class and enjoyable

Karin is so nice, but this was not my favorite class. I enjoy poetry, but I didn't feel engaged with the material. It is a nice creative outlet, so it is good if you need some breathing room in your schedule. 

Karin was so sweet and encouraging! She pushed everyone to explore different forms of poetry but she didn't force any new styles on any of the writers. The class was workshop centered and that allowed for us to read a lot of different types of writing which really improved everyone's writing. Super chill class. Karin was awesome. 