Topics in Creative Nonfiction: The Culture Beat (ENGL 5577)

English · Boston College

Music, movies, art, literature, theater, dance, video games, fashion, food . . . there's an infinite supply of interesting culture out there to write about, and a rich variety of ways to do it. In this graduate/undergraduate workshop course we practice and study the craft of writing about culture, drawing on the overlapping skill sets of the reporter, critic, and scholar. Among the forms we consider are profiles, reviews, explainer pieces, op-eds, personal essays, connoisseurs' guides, analytical essays, news reporting, and more. Examining the published work of distinguished writers to steal t

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