| TELLING THE TRUTH: WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION | |
Saturday, July 26, 2008 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: $100 Instructor: Kathryn Eastburn Location: Armstrong Hall, 14 E. Cache La Poudre Room 230 In this one-day course, we will explore the rich literary territory of the personal essay, memoir, and narrative journalism. Participants will come prepared to discuss contemporary selections chosen by the instructor and distributed prior to the course; and to participate in a series of hands-on exercises designed to generate ideas and unleash the inner memoirist. We’ll end the day with a brief overview of the creative nonfiction publishing market. Kathryn Eastburn served as editor of the Colorado Springs Independent for a decade. She has won numerous journalism awards for feature writing, has published two books of nonfiction: “Simon Says: A True Story of Boys, Guns and Murder” (DaCapo Press, 2008) and “A Sacred Feast: Reflections on Sacred Harp Singing and Dinner on the Ground” (University of Nebraska Press, 2008), and has taught journalism and creative nonfiction at Colorado College and Cornell College. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The Denver Post, Saveur, and Texas Highways. To view this course on Summer PROWL, click here. Summer PROWL has a few readings Kathryn Eastburn would like her students to read before they come to the class. |
