Summer Intensive in Creative Writing
X32.9082 /
Continuing Education
/ $2,835
SUMMER 2008
Become a member of a select writers' community this summer. During this two-week program, mornings are spent in improvisation workshops taught by faculty of the NYU-SCPS McGhee Division. Afternoons are spent in craft workshops in either poetry or prose taught by distinguished visiting writers. Evenings are reserved for readings.
- Work with award-winning writers.
- Develop your craft in poetry or prose through daily assignments and critiques.
WHO SHOULD ENROLL
This program is designed for beginning and experienced poets, and fiction and nonfiction writers who wish to develop and refine their craft. Students should have prior experience in poetry or prose.
FACULTY
McGhee faculty members: Ruth Danon, April Krassner, and Catherine Barnett.
2008 visiting writers:
Margot Livesey (fiction), born and raised in the Scottish Highlands, is the author of a collection of stories and five novels, including Eva Moves the Furniture and most recently, Banishing Verona. She is the recipient of grants from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation and has taught at a number of colleges and universities. She is currently a writer-in-residence at Emerson College.
Peter Balakian (nonfiction) is the acclaimed author of Black Dog of Fate, which won the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for Best Memoir and was a New York Times Notable Book of 1997 and a Best Book of the Year for the Los Angeles Times, Publisher’s Weekly, and Library Journal. His book The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response won the Raphael Lemkin Prize in 2005.
Bei Dao (poetry), one of the most gifted writers in modern China, became the poetic voice of his generation in the 1970s and has gained international acclaim for his haunting interior poetic landscapes. His poetry has been translated and published in about 25 languages around the world. He has won numerous awards and is an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
PROGRAM NOTES
The opening reception is on Sunday, June 8 at 5.30 p.m. Evening events begin at 6.30 p.m. Private conferences are scheduled on an individual basis.
This program is available on a continuing education basis or for four undergraduate credits, but not both.
Registration for this program is by admission only, and enrollment is limited to 12 per area of concentration. Candidates are selected by visiting writers on the basis of a 10-page manuscript.
Your application should consist of a short letter indicating which workshop you are applying to, why you wish to participate, and what prior experience you bring to the workshop. In addition, please submit a ten-page writing sample. Be sure your name appears on all pages of the sample.
Application deadline is April 30, 2008.
Website registration is not available for this course. Please call (212) 998-7171 for more information on how to enroll.
Course Materials
Section 1
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
9:30am-5:00pm
June 9 - June 20
10 Sessions
Instructor:
Ruth Danon
Location:
