

Students will participate in a workshop environment to develop original memoirs. This course will introduce students to the various subgenres of memoir, including book-length memoir, graphic memoir, flash nonfiction, and traditional short memoir as published in literary magazines or collections, to prepare students' writing for a variety of opportunities in literary publication.

May be repeated to a total of 6 hours when the topic varies. Students will read and analyze works and write within the subgenre. Variable content course with a focus in a specific subgenre of nonfiction, such as memoir, travel writing, personal cultural criticism, and narrative nonfiction. Intermediate study in the nonfiction genre.
