Instructor

Beth Mead

Class Type 

Craft & Literature

Course Description

This course is a craft/literature class focused on discussing and analyzing contemporary short fiction from a writer’s perspective, recognizing the author’s specific choices and how they impact the overall work. Each week, the instructor provides craft notes drawn from an assigned story, and students write a brief excerpt to reflect the story’s craft techniques, receiving weekly feedback on these writing exercises. Within discussions of assigned stories, students will also consider how their observations and insights as readers can be applied to their own writing.

Textbook

The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
Edited by Lex Williford and Michael Martone
2007
ISBN 9781416532279

Note: Please be sure to order the 2007 edition, as the first edition (1999) does not include all stories we will read.