ENCW 307 - Cross-Genre Experiments: The Lyric Essay

CR: 3
Prerequisite: ENCW 101 or a 200-level ENCW class. This course introduces students to cross-genre writing through the lyric essay, a category embracing liminal space between traditional boundaries of poetry and nonfiction. Students will experiment by writing non-narrative forms and analyzing a variety of cross-genre texts, concluding the semester with a final experiment: a class-wide collaborative writing project. Readings might include work by Jenny Boully, Eula Biss, Deborah Tall, John D’Agata, T Fleischmann, and Maggie Nelson.