Focus of course: brevity, organization of brief sections into a larger whole, principles of composition. We’ll discuss 14 chapters (intro and 13 chapters) from Life Is Short—Art Is Shorter: An Anthology of Very Brief Prose, which I co-edited and co-wrote with former UW MFA student Elizabeth Cooperman and which is being published next year. Get photocopy from Ave Copy Center, 4141 University Way. Several short assignments, modeled on the essays/stories/prose-poems/commentaries in the book.

Prerequisites:

ENGL 283 & ENGL 284