Truth, Lies, and In Between

Everyone uses, and wastes, words every day. Written words, more lasting and more precious than their spoken sisters, call for especially thoughtful care. Students in this course will experiment with various written forms, then read and discuss one another’s work. By commenting on passages by fellow participants and by more established writers, students will begin to explore the individual voices with which they can communicate, inform, provoke, fantasize, convince, seduce, enchant.

The course is intended for future writers and non-writers alike. Doesn’t everyone deserve a room full of eager ears?

Prerequisites: pen and paper (though computers are equally welcome) and a brain unwilling to settle for clichés.

Teacher: Jeff Shapiro