ENGL Creative Writing Workshop Course Minor

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2025

fall

ENGL0402.301 - First-Year Seminar: Kelly Writers House - Julia Bloch Thursday 10:15am-1:14pm

ENGL0755.401 - Listening in Troubled Times (SNF Paideia Program Course) - Aaron Levy Monday 1:45am-4:44pm

ENGL0760.301 - Art[ists and] Writing - Simone White Thursday 12:00-2:59pm

ENGL0765.301 - Podcasting (SNF Paideia Program Course) - Chris Mustazza Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL0774.301 - How Should A Person Be? - Department Staff TR 1:45-3:14pm

ENGL0775.601 - Radiant, Humble, Monstrous: Modern Children's Literature - Melissa Jensen MW 5:15-6:44pm

ENGL3010.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Ahmad Almallah Thursday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3010.302 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Ahmad Almallah Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3015.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Journalism - Anna Badkhen Tuesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3018.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Memoir and Creative Nonfiction - Taije Silverman TR 3:30-4:49pm

ENGL3019.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Sports Narratives - Jamie-Lee Josselyn Monday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3020.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Extreme Noticing - Sam Apple Tuesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3023.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fantasy and Magical Realism - Abbey Mei Otis Monday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3026.401 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Writing Real Science - Weike Wang Monday 10:15am-1:14pm

ENGL3103.301 - Leslie Scalapino: Workshop as Marvel - Simone White Thursday 3:30-6:29pm

ENGL3104.401 - Poetry Lab - Syd Zolf Wednesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3111.301 - Experimental Writing: Writing Through the Genius of Yoko Ono - Kenneth Goldsmith Thursday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3200.301 - Fiction Workshop: Short Fiction - Sebastian Castillo TR 12:00-1:29pm

ENGL3202.301 - Speculative Fiction - Abbey Mei Otis Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3208.301 - Advanced Fiction Workshop: Short Fiction - Max Apple Tuesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3253.401 - What If It All Ends Tonight: Nontraditional Writing for Young Adults - candice iloh Thursday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3308.301 - Cooking with Words - Gabrielle Hamilton Tuesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3350.301 - Long-Form Reported Nonfiction - Buzz Bissinger R 5:15-8:14pm & F 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3411.301 - Writing about the Arts and Popular Culture - Anthony DeCurtis Thursday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3417.301 - Political Journalism - Dick Polman Wednesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3504.401 - Across Forms: Art and Writing - Syd Zolf, Sharon A. Hayes Tuesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3600.401 - Screenwriting Workshop - Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve Monday 12:00-2:59pm

ENGL3600.402 - Screenwriting Workshop - Scott F Burkhardt Wednesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3600.403 - Screenwriting Workshop - Scott F Burkhardt Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3601.401 - Advanced Screenwriting - Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve Wednesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3603.401 - Writing for Television - Scott F Burkhardt Thursday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3606.401 - Experimental Playwriting - Brooke O'Harra MW 12:00-1:29pm

ENGL3675.401 - Inner Outer Space Travel Writing: A Creative Writing Workshop - Ricardo Bracho Thursday 3:30-6:29pm

ENGL9001.640 - Fiction Workshop - Stephanie Feldman Tuesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL9003.640 - Storytelling in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction - Kathryn “Kitsi” Watterson Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL9011.640 - Screenwriting - Zachary Vickers Monday 5:15-8:14pm

spring

ENGL0761.401 - Medium Matters: How to Make Books, Cuneiform to Kindle - Department Staff MW 1:45pm-3:14pm

ENGL3010.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Ahmad Almallah MW 10:15-11:44am

ENGL3010.302 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Andrew Smyth Thursday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3015.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Journalism - Anna Badkhen Tuesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3018.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Memoir and Creative Nonfiction - Taije Silverman TR 3:30-4:59pm

ENGL3023.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fantasy and Magical Realism - Abbey Mei Otis Monday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3027.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Life Writing - Laynie Browne Tuesday 3:30-6:29pm

ENGL3102.401 - Attention Poetics - Julia Bloch Thursday 10:15am-1:14pm

ENGL3111.301 - Experimental Writing: You Talkin’ to Me?: Speaking as Writing - Kenneth Goldsmith Thursday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3201.301 - Flash Fiction Workshop - Weike Wang Monday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3208.301 - Advanced Fiction Writing: Short Fiction - Max Apple Tuesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3214.301 - Points of View: Writing Polyvocal Fiction - Piyali Bhattacharya Tuesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3215.301 - The Art of Fiction - Sebastian Castillo Thursday 3:30-6:29pm

ENGL3216.301 - Revising Speculative Fiction - Abbey Mei Otis Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3300.301 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop - Anna Badkhen Thursday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3351.301 - Writing About Mental Health and Addiction - Stephen Fried Monday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3355.301 - Memoir Workshop - Lise Funderburg Monday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3356.401 - Asian American Nonfiction Workshop - Weike Wang Monday 10:15am-1:14pm

ENGL3400.301 - Journalistic Writing: Exploring the Genre - Matt Katz Monday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3408.301 - Long-Form Journalism - Dick Polman Wednesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3425.301 - Station to Station: The Art and Life of David Bowie - Anthony DeCurtis Thursday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3428.301 - Deep Dive Arts and Culture Writing - Anthony DeCurtis TBA

ENGL3502.301 - Writing and Borders - Ahmad Almallah Wednesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3517.401 - Plague Lab: Writing through Infection and Affliction - Annie Kopecký Wednesday 3:30-6:29pm

ENGL3600.401 - Screenwriting Workshop - Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve Monday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3600.402 - Screenwriting Workshop - Scott F Burkhardt Thursday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3601.401 - Advanced Screenwriting - Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve Wednesday 1:45-4:44pm

ENGL3603.401 - Writing for Television - Scott F Burkhardt Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3609.401 - The Short Film: Writing, Producing, Directing - Scott F Burkhardt Thursday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL3610.301 - Podcasting Workshop - Nate Chinen Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm

ENGL9009.640 - Creative Research: A Writer's Workshop - Jay Kirk Monday 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL9011.640 - Screenwriting - Zachary Vickers Tuesday 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL9013.640 - Writing & Remembering: A Memoir Workshop - Kathryn “Kitsi” Watterson Wednesday 5:15-8:15pm

2024

fall

ENGL0402.302 - First Year Seminar: Kelly Writers House - Julia Bloch Thursday 10:15am-1:15pm

ENGL0775.301 - Radiant, Humble, Monstrous: Modern Children's Literature - Melissa Jensen MW 3:30-4:59pm

ENGL3010.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Ahmad Almallah MW 12:00-1:30pm

ENGL3015.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Journalism - Anna Badkhen Tuesday 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3019.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Sports Narratives - Jamie-Lee Josselyn Monday 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3023.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fantasy and Magical Realism - Abbey Mei Otis Monday 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3025.401 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Writing Asian American Lives - Piyali Bhattacharya TR 1:45-3:15pm

ENGL3026.401 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Writing Real Science - Weike Wang Monday 10:15am-1:15pm

ENGL3104.401 - Poetry Lab - Syd Zolf Tuesday 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3120.401 - The Translation of Poetry/ The Poetry of Translation - Taije Silverman TR 3:30-5:00pm

ENGL3202.301 - Speculative Fiction - Abbey Mei Otis Wednesday 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3208.301 - Advanced Fiction Writing: Short Fiction - Max Apple Tuesday 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3211.301 - Fiction Workshop: Friends and Frenemies - Piyali Bhattacharya TR 3:30-5:00pm

ENGL3253.401 - What If It All Ends Tonight: Nontraditional Writing for Young Adults - candice iloh Thursday 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3303.301 - Narrative Nonfiction: The Art of Experience - Jay Kirk Wednesday 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3306.401 - Writing and Politics - Lorene Cary Monday 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3308.301 - Cooking with Words - Gabrielle Hamilton Tuesday 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3350.301 - Long-Form Reported Nonfiction - Buzz Bissinger R 5:15-8:15pm & F 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3402.301 - Guinea-Pig Journalism - Sam Apple Tuesday 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3411.301 - The Arts and Popular Culture - Anthony DeCurtis Thursday 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3421.301 - Political Journalism: The Presidential Election - Dick Polman Wednesday 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3501.401 - Writing and Witnessing - Syd Zolf Wednesday 3:30-6:30pm

ENGL3600.401 - Screenwriting Workshop - Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve Monday 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3600.402 - Screenwriting Workshop - Scott F Burkhardt Wednesday 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3600.403 - Screenwriting Workshop - Scott F Burkhardt Wednesday 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3601.401 - Advanced Screenwriting - Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve Wednesday 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3603.401 - Writing for Television - Scott F Burkhardt Thursday 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3652.401 - Is This Really Happening? Performance and Contemporary Political Horizons - Brooke O'Harra, Sharon A. Hayes W 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL9001.640 - Fiction Workshop - Stephanie Feldman Tuesday 5:15pm-8:15pm

summer

ENGL9015.940 - Writing and Place - Michelle Taransky Tuesday 5:15-8:15pm

spring

ENGL0771.301 - Joyce’s Ulysses: Making Readings - Paul Saint-Amour, Robert Berry TR 10:15-11:44am

ENGL0777.301 - Frightful: Adolescence and the Gothic - Melissa Jensen TR 12:00-1:29pm

ENGL0792.301 - Graphic Nonfiction: Theory and Practice - JS Wu TR 3:30-4:59pm

ENGL3016.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Memoir - Abbey Mei Otis M 3:30-6:30pm

ENGL3017.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Memoir and Literary Journalism - Taije Silverman TR 12:00-1:30pm

ENGL3027.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Life Writing - Laynie Browne T 3:30-6:30pm

ENGL3100.301 - Poetry Workshop - Ron Silliman W 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3102.401 - Attention Poetics - Julia Bloch R 10:15am-1:15pm

ENGL3201.301 - Fiction Workshop: Flash Fiction - Weike Wang M 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3205.301 - Science Fiction - Abbey Mei Otis W 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3208.301 - Advanced Fiction Workshop: Short Fiction - Max Apple T 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3214.301 - Points of View: Writing Polyvocal Fiction - Piyali Bhattacharya T 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3215.301 - The Art of Fiction - Karen Rile R 3:30-6:30pm

ENGL3303.301 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop: The Art of Experience - Jay Kirk W 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3306.401 - Writing and Politics - Lorene Cary W 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3355.301 - Memoir Workshop - Lise Funderburg M 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3356.401 - Asian American Nonfiction Workshop - Weike Wang M 10:15am-1:15pm

ENGL3410.301 - Writing from Photographs - Paul Hendrickson M 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3420.301 - Political Journalism: The Presidential Primaries - Dick Polman W 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3422.301 - Advanced Long-Form Nonfiction - Paul Hendrickson TBD

ENGL3423.301 - Planet on the Brink: Climate and Environment Journalism - Peter Tarr T 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3424.301 - Let It Rock: The Rolling Stones, Writing and Creativity - Anthony DeCurtis R 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3428.301 - Deep Dive Arts and Culture Writing - Anthony DeCurtis TBD

ENGL3650.401 - Self-Scripting: Writing through Body and Space - Brooke O'Harra MW 1:45-3:15

ENGL3660.401 - Movement Song: The Poetics of Liberation - Ricardo Bracho R 3:30-6:30pm

2023

fall

ENGL0051.401 - Community Writing: Post-COVID University - Zita Cristina Nunes Monday 10:15-1:14pm

ENGL3010.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Ahmad Almallah MW 12-1:30pm

ENGL3014.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Essay - Sam Apple T 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3016.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Memoir - Abbey Mei Otis M 1:45-4:45

ENGL3019.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Sports Narratives - Jamie-Lee Josselyn M 1:45-4:45

ENGL3025.401 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Writing Asian American Lives - Piyali Bhattacharya TR 1:45-2:44pm

ENGL3026.401 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Writing Real Science - Weike Wang M 10:15am-1:15pm

ENGL3104.401 - Poetry Lab - Syd Zolf T 1:45-4:45

ENGL3111.301 - Experimental Writing: Contemporary Black Feminism - Simone White W 5:15pm-8:15pm

ENGL3111.302 - Interventionalist Tactics: Writing Off the Page - Kenneth Goldsmith R 1:45-4:45

ENGL3120.401 - The Translation of Poetry/The Poetry of Translation - Taije Silverman, Ahmad Almallah M 1:45-4:45

ENGL3205.301 - Science Fiction - Department Staff W 5:15pm-815pm

ENGL3207.301 - I Was a Teenage Monster: Coming of Age in Speculative Writing - J † Johnson R 5:15pm-8:15pm

ENGL3208.301 - Advanced Fiction Writing: Short Fiction - Max Apple T 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3211.301 - Fiction Workshop: Friends and Frenemies - Piyali Bhattacharya TR 3:30pm-5pm

ENGL3300.301 - Journalistic Writing: Exploring the Genre - Department Staff M 5:15pm-8:15pm

ENGL3307.301 - Creative Nonfiction Writing - Max Apple R 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3308.301 - Cooking with Words - Gabrielle Hamilton T 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3350.301 - Advanced Nonfiction Writing: Narrative Nonfiction - Buzz Bissinger R 5:15-8:15pm and F 1:45-4:45pm (every other week)

ENGL3353.301 - Advanced Nonfiction Writing: Xfic - Jay Kirk M 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3408.301 - Long-Form Journalism - Dick Polman W 1:45-4:45

ENGL3411.301 - The Arts and Popular Culture - Anthony DeCurtis R 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3504.401 - Across Forms - Syd Zolf, Sharon A. Hayes W 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3510.301 - Making Comics - Jean-Christophe Cloutier, Robert Berry TR 10:15-11:45am

ENGL3606.401 - Experimental Playwriting - Brooke O'Harra MW 12pm-1:30pm

ENGL3630.401 - Here I/We Stand: Writing/Performing Self and Community - Ricardo Bracho W 3:30-6:30pm

summer

ENGL9015.940 - What Takes Place: Writing, Dwelling, Possibility - Michelle Taransky Tuesday 5:15-8:14pm

spring

ENGL3011.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Memoir - Laynie Browne T 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3014.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Essay - Sebastian Castillo M 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3024.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Imitations and Writing in Form - Ahmad Almallah MW 12-1:30pm

ENGL3026.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Writing Real Science - Weike Wang M 10:15am-1:15pm

ENGL3028.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Breath and Movement - Amber Rose Johnson R 3:30-6:30pm

ENGL3029.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Through the 1619 Project - Taije Silverman TR 12pm-1:30pm

ENGL3100.301 - Poetry Workshop - Ron Silliman W 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3111.301 - Experimental Writing - Kenneth Goldsmith R 1:45pm-4:45pm

ENGL3120.401 - The Translation of Poetry/The Poetry of Translation - Taije Silverman TR 10:15am-11:45am

ENGL3201.301 - Flash Fiction - Weike Wang M 1:45pm-4:45pm

ENGL3208.301 - Short Fiction - Max Apple T 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3214.301 - Points of View: Writing Polyvocal Fiction - Piyali Bhattacharya T 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3215.301 - The Art of Fiction - Karen Rile R 3:30-6:30pm

ENGL3256.301 - Advanced Writing for Young Adults - Nova Ren Suma W 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3303.301 - Narrative Nonfiction: The Art of Experience - Jay Kirk W 5:15-8:15pm

ENGL3352.301 - Creative Nonfiction: Look In; Look Out - Lise Funderburg M 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3408.301 - Long-Form Journalism - Dick Polman M 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3410.301 - Writing from Photographs - Paul Hendrickson M 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3411.301 - The Arts and Popular Culture: The Beatles - Anthony DeCurtis R 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3412.301 - Advanced Writing Projects in the Arts and Popular Culture - Anthony DeCurtis R 10:15am-12:15pm

ENGL3417.301 - Political Journalism - Dick Polman W 1:45-4:45pm

ENGL3422.301 - Advanced Writing Projects in Long-Form Nonfiction - Paul Hendrickson S

ENGL3423.301 - Planet on the Brink: Climate and Environment Journalism - Peter Tarr T 1:45pm-4:45pm

ENGL3426.301 - The Art of Editing - Julia Bloch R 10:15am-1:15pm

ENGL3502.301 - Writing and Borders - Ahmad Almallah MW 10:15am-11:45am

ENGL3517.401 - Plague Lab: Writing through Infection and Affliction - Department Staff W 10:15am-1:15pm