What does it mean for a piece of prose to be “poetic’ or “like poetry’? This week, we’re looking at the lyric essay. A lyric essay is an essay that [ … ]

Because creative nonfiction deals with personal events and emotions, it requires us to look “inward” and deeply explore our inner lives. However, it requires us to look “outward” as well, [ … ]

“The Fourth State of Matter’ is, I think, the perfect essay. I hesitate to make such a definitive statement, but, for me, it is the apex of narrative nonfiction. That [ … ]

Creative Nonfiction: Part 1 The first genre we will practice in this course is personal creative nonfiction, which is often referred to as creative writing rooted in “fact.’ I place [ … ]

What does it mean to be a writer? How do we “become’ writers? This is a big question, of course, and there are many answers. What it means to “be’ [ … ]