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ENG 426 The Essay: History, Theory, Practice is cross-listed with WRD 515 The Essay. Course description:In this course, we’ll study the essay: what it is and has been, and how we read and write essays now. We’ll situate the essay historically and within relevant disciplines, and focus on the contemporary essay. We will read essays alongside theory on essay form and style. Most important, you will write essays, largely on topics you choose. This class is a space where you can think in depth about your own writing style and goals, and explore your intellectual… Read Article →

As we mentioned a few weeks ago, the AQ2025 Course Descriptions list is now mostly complete! Mouse over the “Classes” tab in the website header and select “Autumn 2025” to view the list.

Click here to view the winter quarter list [update 10/11]: http://www.english-exlibris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-11-24_WQ2025-Course-Descriptions_Grad.pdf (Course descriptions can always be found under the “Courses” tab in the header of this website.)

Course descriptions for Autumn Quarter 2024 are now available! Click here to view the list. (You can also view course descriptions for AQ2024, and any quarter, by mousing over the “Classes” tab at the top of the Ex Libris homepage.)

ENG 477: Digital Publishing: Digital Publishing Models, Issues, and Ethics Taught by Nuria Sheehan This course provides a practical and theoretical introduction to the evolving field of digital publishing. Students will learn the core elements and strategies of digital publishing and examine current and emerging publishing models. We will discuss critical issues such as the blurring between editorial and advertising and privacy questions around user tracking. This class will help equip students with skills and frameworks to enter this growing field and adapt as its methods and debates continue to evolve.  ENG 477 will meet online… Read Article →

A second workshop has been added to the schedule. You can find a complete course schedule under the Courses tab. ENG 484: Writing the Personal Essay with Kim Brooks on Monday nights. In addition to being the author of the memoir Small Animals and the novel The Houseguest, Kim is the former personal-essay editor at Salon. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Chicago Magazine, Salon, Buzzfeed, and other publications. She has spoken as a guest on CBS This Morning, PBS Newshour, 20/20, NPR’s All Things Considered, Good… Read Article →

Check Classes in the menu bar for full course schedules. ENG 484 Writing Workshop Topics: Writing the Fantastic, the Uncanny, and the Marvelous Dave Welch M 6:00-9:15 (Hybrid) “The Fantastic,” writes Tzvetan Todorov, “is that hesitation experienced by a person who knows only the laws of nature, confronting an apparently supernatural event.” In this class, we’ll explore how such paths of uncertainty, along with the complimentary concepts of the Uncanny and the Marvelous, inform the worlds we create by engaging both our lived experience and imagination. We’ll read a broad array of fiction and poetry… Read Article →

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