INTRO TO CREATIVE WRITING

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Novelists, poets, journalists, translators: there are many words to categorize writers. Yet in practice, writers often work in several genres, even producing pieces that resist single generic labels and cross languages. How can we decide which genres are best suited to a subject? What kinds of creative practices develop our strengths as writers? How do we decide what language(s) to work in? This course is an introduction to creative writing and translation across genres and contexts. Throughout the course, we challenge our preconceptions of ourselves as particular kinds of writers. 001993