UVa Class Schedule - Schedule of Classes for the Creative Writing Program

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Schedule of Classes for the Creative Writing Program - Spring 2022

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Creative Writing
ENCW 2200	Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing

Spring 2022 19875	001	WKS (3 Units)	Closed	12 / 12	Raisa Tolchinsky	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm	Dell 1 104
ENCW 2300	Poetry Writing

Spring 2022 10718	002	WKS (3 Units)	Closed	17 / 15	Katherine James	MoWeFr 11:00am - 11:50am	Bryan Hall 235
Spring 2022 10719	003	WKS (3 Units)	Open	14 / 15	Henrietta Hadley	MoWeFr 9:00am - 9:50am	Bryan Hall 328
Spring 2022 11074	005	WKS (3 Units)	Closed	15 / 15	Hajjar Baban	TuTh 5:00pm - 6:15pm	New Cabell Hall 068
Spring 2022 12733	007	WKS (3 Units)	Closed	15 / 15	Hodges Adams	TuTh 3:30pm - 4:45pm	Maury Hall 110
Spring 2022 12995	008	WKS (3 Units)	Closed	15 / 15	Hannah Dierdorff	MoWe 6:30pm - 7:45pm	New Cabell Hall 064
ENCW 2600	Fiction Writing

Spring 2022 11072	003	WKS (3 Units)	Closed	15 / 15	Nana Boateng	MoWe 6:00pm - 7:15pm	The Rotunda Room 150
Spring 2022 11316	005	WKS (3 Units)	Open	14 / 15	Laura McGehee	TuTh 5:00pm - 6:15pm	New Cabell Hall 042
Spring 2022 12047	006	WKS (3 Units)	Closed	16 / 15	Derick Olson	MoWeFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm	Bryan Hall 334
Spring 2022 12558	007	WKS (3 Units)	Closed	15 / 15	Roberto Rodriguez	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	The Rotunda Room 150
Spring 2022 12996	008	WKS (3 Units)	Closed	16 / 15	Jana Horn	MoWeFr 11:00am - 11:50am	Bryan Hall 328
ENCW 3310	Intermediate Poetry Writing I

Spring 2022 11670	001	WKS (3 Units)	Permission	11 / 12	Debra Nystrom	We 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Web-Based Course
	The course will meet outdoors on grounds when weather permits. This is a weekly 2.5-hour once-weekly class for students advanced beyond the level of ENCW 2300. Emphasis is on workshop of students' own poems, with focused writing exercises and written responses to relevant outside reading, as well as class discussions on issues of contemporary poetry. Final poetry portfolio required. INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION IS REQUIRED FOR ENROLLMENT. Please request instructor permission through SIS and apply through email. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: writing sample of 4-5 poems IN A SINGLE WORD DOCUMENT with a cover sheet including name, year, email address, major, prior workshop experience, and other workshops to which you are submitting. Submit application to Prof. Nystrom at dln8u@virginia.edu . Applications will be considered on a rolling basis as soon as registration opens. For full consideration, email your application as soon as possible. The final deadline will be December 15th. Classes do sometimes fill before the final submission deadline, but an effort will be made to hold a few seats open until after the deadline.
	REVOLUTIONARY LETTERS
Spring 2022 19192	002	WKS (3 Units)	Permission	11 / 12	Brian Teare	Mo 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Brooks Hall 103
	Instructor Permission is required for enrollment. Please request instructor permission through SIS and apply through email. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: writing sample of 4-5 poems with a cover sheet including name, year, email address, major, prior workshop experience, and other workshops to which you are submitting. Submit application in a single document to Prof. Teare at bt5ps@virginia.edu. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis as soon as registration opens. For full consideration, email your application as soon as possible. The final deadline will be December 15th. Classes do sometimes fill before the final submission deadline, but an effort will be made to hold a few seats open until after the deadline.
Spring 2022 19193	003	WKS (3 Units)	Permission	13 / 12	Rita Dove	Tu 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Bryan Hall 233
ENCW 3610	Intermediate Fiction Writing

	Playing Around in Literature: Turning the World into Words
Spring 2022 11672	001	WKS (3 Units)	Permission	12 / 12	Micheline Marcom	Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Dawson's Row 1
	Instructor Permission is required for enrollment. Please request instructor permission through SIS and apply through email. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: a writing sample of 3-5 pages with a cover sheet including name, year, email address, major, prior workshop experience, other workshops to which you are applying, and 1 paragraph why you'd like to take this course. Submit application in a single document to mam5du@virginia.edu. For full consideration, email your application by December 15th.
	Making and Uncovering: Adventures in Writing Fiction
Spring 2022 11673	002	WKS (3 Units)	Permission	11 / 12	Anna Martin-Beecher	TuTh 5:00pm - 6:15pm	Bryan Hall 203
	Instructor Permission required. To apply: 1. Request instructor permission in SIS. 2. Email am2aw@virginia.edu with a 3-5 page fiction sample. 3. In the body of your email, detail your reasons for wanting to take the course, your experience of writing workshops and details of any other creative writing classes you're applying to. For full consideration, please apply by December 15th.
	Reading & Writing Short Fiction
Spring 2022 19203	003	WKS (3 Units)	Permission	12 / 12	Elizabeth Denton	We 5:00pm - 7:30pm	Dawson's Row 1
	Instructor Permission is required for enrollment. Please request instructor permission through SIS and apply through email. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: a writing sample with a cover sheet including name, year, email address, major, prior workshop experience, other workshops to which you are applying. Submit application in a single document to ed3m@virginia.edu. For full consideration, email your application by December 15th. Admission is rolling.
ENCW 4550	Topics in Literary Prose

	Literature of AIDS/Literature of Pandemic
Spring 2022 13001	001	SEM (3 Units)	Permission	9 / 15	Rabih Alameddine	Tu 10:00am - 12:30pm	Bryan Hall 233
ENCW 4720	Area Program in Literary Prose Thesis Course

Spring 2022 13002	001	SEM (3 Units)	Permission	10 / 12	Jane Alison	Mo 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Dawson's Row 1
ENCW 4810	Advanced Fiction Writing I

	People, Places, Things
Spring 2022 11674	001	WKS (3 Units)	Permission	12 / 12	Micheline Marcom	We 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Dawson's Row 1
	In this advanced writing course we will focus each week on reading works of imaginative literature and responding creatively with a focus on character, setting, and details. Students will also have the opportunity to workshop 1 longer story/novel excerpt. Instructor Permission is required for enrollment. Please request instructor permission through SIS and apply through email. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: writing sample of 3-5 pages with a cover sheet including name, year, email address, major, prior workshop experience, other workshops to which you are submitting, and 1 paragraph why you'd like to take this course. Submit application in a single document to mam5du@virginia.edu. For full consideration, email your application by December 15th.
ENCW 4820	Poetry Program Poetics

	Return to Grounds
Spring 2022 13003	001	SEM (3 Units)	Permission	14 / 12	Kiki Petrosino	We 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Bryan Hall 233
	In this seminar, we will focus on renewing our artistic connections to UVA now that we’re back in community together. We’ll read published works of poetry by writers with ties to the University, Charlottesville, & the region. We’ll also think about & explore the physical space of Grounds as a site for reading, writing, researching, & sharing poems. Please note: this course is designed for students in the Area Program in Poetry Writing, but open to other students on a space-available basis & after consultation with the Instructor.
ENCW 4920	Poetry Program Capstone

	POETRY PROGRAM CAPSTONE COURSE
Spring 2022 13004	001	SEM (3 Units)	Permission	11 / 10	Lisa Spaar	TBA	TBA
ENCW 4993	Independent Project in Creative Writing

Spring 2022 21926	001	IND (3 Units)	Permission	1 / 3	Elizabeth Denton	TBA	TBA
ENCW 5310	Advanced Poetry Writing II

	Advanced Poetry Writing (for graduate or undergraduate credit)
Spring 2022 19129	001	WKS (3 Units)	Permission	11 / 12	Debra Nystrom	Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Web-Based Course
	The course will meet outdoors on grounds when weather permits. This workshop is for students with prior experience in writing and revising poetry, and it welcomes students working in the poetry/prose hybrid space as well. It is open to advanced undergraduate students, MFA fiction students, and graduate English students. The class will involve discussion of student poems and of assigned reading, with particular attention to issues of craft. Students will be expected to write and revise six to eight poems, to participate in class discussion and offer detailed notes in response to other students’ work, to keep a poetry journal, to attend several poetry readings, to turn in close-reading responses to three assigned readings, and to participate in a group presentation. INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION IS REQUIRED FOR ENROLLMENT. Please request instructor permission through SIS and apply through email. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: writing sample of 4-5 poems IN A SINGLE WORD DOCUMENT with a cover sheet including name, year, email address, major, prior workshop experience, and other workshops to which you are submitting. Submit application to Prof. Nystrom at dln8u@virginia.edu . Applications will be considered on a rolling basis as soon as registration opens. For full consideration, email your application as soon as possible. The final deadline will be December 15th. Classes do sometimes fill before the final submission deadline, but an effort will be made to hold a few seats open until after the deadline.
ENCW 7310	MFA Poetry Workshop

Spring 2022 11675	001	WKS (3 Units)	Permission	8 / 10	Rita Dove	Mo 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Bryan Hall 233
ENCW 7610	MFA Fiction Workshop

Spring 2022 12750	001	WKS (3 Units)	Permission	9 / 10	Rabih Alameddine	Mo 2:00pm - 4:30pm	New Cabell Hall 115
ENCW 8993	Independent Writing Project

Spring 2022 20903	001	IND (3 Units)	Permission	0 / 5	James Livingood	TBA	TBA
ENCW 8999	MFA Non-Topical Research

Spring 2022 13969	001	IND (1 - 12 Units)	Open	1 / 30	James Livingood	TBA	TBA
Spring 2022 13970	002	IND (1 - 12 Units)	Open	3 / 30	Kiki Petrosino	TBA	TBA
Spring 2022 13971	003	IND (1 - 12 Units)	Open	5 / 30	Brian Teare	TBA	TBA
Spring 2022 13972	004	IND (1 - 12 Units)	Open	3 / 30	Debra Nystrom	TBA	TBA
Spring 2022 13973	005	IND (1 - 12 Units)	Open	1 / 30	Lisa Spaar	TBA	TBA
Spring 2022 13974	006	IND (1 - 12 Units)	Open	3 / 30	Rabih Alameddine	TBA	TBA
Spring 2022 13975	007	IND (1 - 12 Units)	Open	4 / 30	Micheline Marcom	TBA	TBA
Spring 2022 13976	008	IND (1 - 12 Units)	Open	4 / 30	Jane Alison	TBA	TBA
English-Literature
ENGL 5559	New Course in English Literature

	Renaissance Poetry and Poetics
	Open to undergraduate and graduate students
Spring 2022 19211	002	SEM (3 Units)	Closed	16 / 16	Rebecca Rush	TuTh 12:35pm - 1:50pm	Nau Hall 142
	What is Postcolonial Critique?
	What is Postcolonial Critique?
Spring 2022 19287	003	SEM (3 Units)	Open	12 / 15	Nasrin Olla	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	Shannon House 109
	Plants and Empire
	Plants and Empire
Spring 2022 19288	004	SEM (3 Units)	Closed	15 / 15	Mary Kuhn	MoWe 12:35pm - 1:50pm	Bryan Hall 233
ENGL 8596	Form and Theory of Poetry

	Embodied Ecologies: Ecofeminist Poetry & Poetics
	EMBODIED ECOLOGIES :: ECOFEMINIST POETRY & POETICS
Spring 2022 19204	001	SEM (3 Units)	Permission	17 / 17	Brian Teare	Tu 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Shannon House 109
ENGL 8598	Form and Theory of Fiction

	Sensoria
	SENSORIA
Spring 2022 19238	001	SEM (3 Units)	Permission	13 / 15	Jane Alison	We 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Brooks Hall 103
	This course is designed for MFA students in Creative Writing, but I welcome others, too: please send a note about yourself and your interests to jas2ad@virginia edu.