English 360 - Living Writers

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Colgate University

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J. Brice, J. Pinchin An examination of how serious writing is achieved. The focus of Living Writers is on contemporary fiction writers, who will be present in this class at Colgate - in 2009, Junot Diaz, Kim Edwards, Yiyun Li, Jeffrey Eugenides, Elizabeth Strout, Patrick O'Keeffe, John Gregory Brown, Carrie Brown, Emmanuel Dongala and Ladette Randolph. Students read stories and novels by each writer on the syllabus. Class discussion is led by two professors, who together teach the course. Each week the writer whose work has been under discussion visits the class. The presentation is followed by a public reading. (Post-1800 course.)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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