Department of English

 In 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche used his typewriter to declare: “Our writing tools are also working on our thoughts.” How might we consider forms of poetry and fiction in a time when our thoughts are constantly reworked on by iPhones, YouTube, and Google? This class follows new trends in 21st century creative writing, where literature is equally likely to appear in a book, at an art gallery, in PDFs, through online videos, or even on FaceBook. Through readings and class visits from internet artists and emerging poets, we will explore works that push the literary envelope into a variety of new media formats. How might Twitter facilitate a serial novel? What does YouTube demand of poetry? Using the workshop format, we’ll engage in a series of weekly writing experiments that attempt to find some of our own answers to today’s most pressing technological demands. By the end of the semester, students will have the technical and creative tools necessary to gather these experiments int!
 o an impressive online portfolio. No previous training in poetry or new media is required!