ENGL 414.001, Biographical Wrtg taught by Toby Thompson on W from 6:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. in 322 Boucke.
Description: The course will be conducted as a writing workshop based on a study of the literary development of the New Biography and the New Journalism. Students will learn the careful application of fictional techniques to the writing of their own nonfiction through projects that will lead to full-length articles. Text will include Life Stories from the New Yorker, The Beholder’s Eye, Up in the Old Hotel, The art of Personal Essay and the Gay Talese Reader.