Courses:
Session II
ENG 206/ WRIT 225 - Non Fiction Writing
Marilyn Sides, Senior Lecturer
in English
This will be a creative writing class. We will look
at classic and contemporary examples of the personal essay. Students
will write their own essays; the last week each student will spend
revising the essay she/he likes best. The course provides excellent
practice in writing and revising.
Mandatory credit/noncredit
Prerequisites: WRIT
125 or its equivalent
Credit: 1.0 (4 sem. hrs.)
Course Fee: $2,000
Lectures: T,TH,F 9:00 - 12:00
Location: Clapp Library 1
Professor’s Statement:
My teaching ranges from creative writing (fiction and travel writing) to the study of and critical writing about literature, both poetry and fiction. My first published story, "The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife," appeared in the 1990 O. Henry Prize Stories collection. A collection of stories, The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife and Other Tales, appeared in 1996 (Harmony) and my first novel, The Genius of Affection (Harmony) was published in August 1999.
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