3:35P-5:30P  W  (15)  3 cr

REQUIRES PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

SECTION AUTHORIZATION AVAILABLE IN BH402.

This course is a workshop in writing poetry.  Students will turn
in a poem a week, which will be discussed in class.  The poems
will be exercises based on readings in contemporary poetry.  In=20
addition to students' poems, the class will discuss and report on
recent published poetry selected from the course reading list.=20
No tests.  No auditors.  Students will distribute photocopies of
their work to all members of the class.
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Approval of the instructor is required for admission.  To apply,
submit 5 pages of poetry and a list of creative writing courses
you've taken to my mailbox in BH 442 at least one week before
your registration day.  To improve your chances of getting a
place in the workshop, submit your manuscript as soon as
possible, since places will be filled as people apply.  Those who
register late should apply at the beginning of the registration
period so that, if admitted, a place will reserved for them in
the class.  No places will be saved for late registration.  I
will post a list of those admitted on my office door (BH 458),
and give a copy of the list to the Undergraduate Secretary in BH
402.  As soon as you are admitted, pick up an authorization to
register from the secretary. =20
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Texts:  Five books of contemporary poetry.