Nonfiction
November 19 to December 14, 2018
Open to All
Tiered Tuition
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We will be reading essays and writing short essays which will culminate in a long autobiographical essay by the end of the course. The class will be intended around the making of lyric essays—combining the aspects of poetry, journalism, research and memoir. Or, as I like to think of it—a piece of writing that comes alive by the quality of the leaps it takes. Some of the subjects I will use as writing prompts might be: race; the role of music in your life; peace; something you’re good at/bad at; an animal; a weather system; politics; best friend. And some of the readings might include work by Hanya Yanagihara, Hilton Als, Sarah Manguso, Vivian Gornick, Claudia Rankine, Elizabeth Hardwick, James Baldwin, Gregg Orr, Adrienne Rich and Jamaica Kincaid.
Michael Klein has written five books of poetry, including, The Early Minutes of Without: New & Selected Poems. His new book, Happiness Ruined Everything: Essays has just been published by Galileo Press. He is a five-time finalist and two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award in poetry, for his first book, 1990, and for editing the seminal anthology, Poets for Life: 76 Poets Respond to AIDS. He is also the author of two books of autobiography, Track Conditions, a memoir about his time on the racetrack, and The End of Being Known, essays on sex and friendship. His work has appeared in POETRY, Paris Review, American Poetry Review, Tin House, Bennington Review, FENCE, LA Review of Books, Poets & Writers and many other publications. He has taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Binghamton University, Hunter College, the Fine Arts Work Center Summer and for more than 20 years, as part of the MFA-in-Writing faculty at Goddard College. He currently works as a consultant and editor for people working on memoirs and poetry manuscripts.
