Liberal Studies and Allied Arts

CREATIVE WRITING

Continuing education: X32.9082/$2,835
Undergraduate credit: Y23.5292/4 credits
Monday–Friday, 9.30 a.m.–5 p.m., June 9–20 (opening reception, Sunday, June 8)

Online registration begins Februrary 4, 2008. Until then, please consult the brochure for detailed registration information.
	2008 Summer Intensive Programs Brochure
	Continuing Education Registration Form
	Credit Course Registration Form

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.

For an application, write: