WRIT 8115 - Poetry Workshop

The workshop will focus on intensive writing and revision, reading and responding to each other’s work, and a small amount of required reading (e.g., literary examples and craft essays). Students will submit drafts of poems to their instructor and fellow students for review. Workshop participants will prepare and share critical responses to each other’s writing in a supportive, rigorous, and constructive workshop environment with the emphasis on craft. The goal of the workshop is to strengthen our knowledge of craft through the examination of our own work as the primary texts. To that end, we will identify each piece of writing’s accomplishments as well as those elements of craft that are not yet working and might benefit from further revision. Students will continue to develop an individual writing practice in preparation for thesis.

Prerequisites: WRIT 8000 and 8110 (may be taken concurrently with WRIT 8115)

Credits: 4