Elizabeth Hanly
Elements of Nonfiction—It’s Not What You Think
6 weeks: Thursdays, May 29-July 3, 2008, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
$95 (Current MDC faculty and credit students: $80)

Workshop will take place at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
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“Nonfiction” as a category is bigger, better, richer than many of us imagine.
In this course we will explore the range of the genre focusing on those who created “new journalism”–Tom Wolfe, and Gay Talese–those who are working in the ground between Latin America, the Caribbean and The States–Richard Rodriguez and Edwidge Danticat–as well as less well-known writers who are pushing the genre still further, sometimes writing essays as free verse.   

This course is designed to give those attending a wider range of choices, of colors if you will, with which to approach their own work. 

Recommended text: The Next American Essay, edited by John D’Agata and published by Graywolf Press.

Elizabeth Hanly is a journalist focusing on Latin America, religion, and the arts. Her work has been published in a wide range of magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times and The Guardian of London. She has taught all levels of writing at FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and finds herself increasingly intrigued by the possibilities of creative nonfiction.

Date and Time
Thursdays
May 29- July 3, 2008
6:30-8:30 p.m.

Fee
$95, pre-registration required
(Current MDC faculty staff and students: $80)

This is a Community Education (non-credit) course.

Want to register? Click here for instructions and registration form.