| Course Title: Introduction to Creative Writing |
| Start Date: 08/30/2021 End Date: 12/13/2021 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2021 |
| Description: This course offers an introduction to the composition of multiple genres and modes of creative writing, which may include poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid forms, graphic novels, and digital texts. Students will learn strategies for generating ideas, drafting, giving and receiving feedback, revising creative work, and building literary community. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Anna Maria Hong   | 413-538-2862   | ahong@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021   | Seminar   | Monday and Wednesday   | 01:45PM - 03:00PM   | ART - Art   | 219   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| None |           |           |
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| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 16     | Enrollment: 15     | Available: 1     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| Title: Smaller Songs Author: Phillips Bell, Anna Lena Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: St Brigid Press |
Recommended   | 24.00   |
| Title: Ornament Author: Phillips Bell, Anna Lena Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781574416657 Publisher: University of North Texas Press |
Required   | 12.95   |
| Title: The Poet's Companion Author: Addonizio and Laux, Kim and Dorianne Copyright: 1997 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0393316548 Publisher: Norton |
Required   | 12.00   |
| Title: Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft Author: Burroway & Stuckey-French, Janet & Elizabeth Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780226616698 Publisher: Pearson Longman |
Required   | 19.50   |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is the complete book list for this class.   |
| Copies are on order at The Odyssey Bookshop   |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: You can find steeply discounted copies of all these books except for *Smaller Songs*, which is a letterpress chapbook, at independent bookstores and online sellers including bookshop.org. You can order *Smaller Songs* directly from St Brigid Press: https://www.stbrigidpress.net/.   |