CW323

This advanced creative writing course expands on CW223 Poetry on and off the Page. Students will read assigned work; consider related images, visual material, and videos; write in class; work on projects outside of class; share work in a guided peer review; and complete a substantial final project. The final project can take multiple forms, such as a portfolio, chapbook, digital mock up or book, video/audio recording, or digital installation, etc., and will draw from works produced during the semester, reproducing the professional writing practice of generation, revision and submission or presentation/exhibition. In addition to self-directed independent study of writers chosen by the student, a selection of shared reading assignments will help students frame/consider questions about immediacy and accessibility, narrative, non-linearity, dissonance, collage and other contemporary poetic concepts. In this section, student participation will include workshop, discussion and critique forums, as well as self-directed study. The course will open and close with a discussion around the idea of what and where the poetic exists in a contemporary, media-driven landscape (print publishing, online, performance, etc.).

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland