MALS 205

Literary Non-Fiction

(Creative Writing)

Instructor:  Barbara Kreiger,  English and Creative Writing
Schedule: Mondays, 3 – 6pm
Location:  234 Baker Hall

This course is aimed at those with a special interest in non-fiction creative writing.  (e.g., memoir, travel, nature)  Writing experience is preferred, but is not a prerequisite.  What is required is a commitment to the imaginative exploration of experience and a serious desire to devote oneself to the writing process.

Readings may include:

• Jan Morris, Destinations
• Eudora Welty, One Writer's beginnings
• Maxine Hong Kingston, Woman Warrior
• Freya Stark, Baghdad Sketches
• Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
• Mary Antin, The Promised Land
• Andre Aciman, Out of Egypt
• D.H. Lawrence, D.H. Lawrence and Italy
• We Are What We Ate, ed. Mark Winegardner