312 Schedule
(tentative and subject to change -- if it does, I will let you know in class but please check this webpage for updates)

Week, Topic, Dates	Daily Activities and Readings (* = handout. Underline = hyperlink)
1 Creative Non-fiction Sep 1- 5	M	Greetings and logistics. Fact or fiction. What is creative nonfiction?
	W	Read "Why I Write" by Terry Tempest Williams, George Orwell, and Joan Didion (see links).  Read AoT (1-11). Journal entry #1: Why do you write? Somewhere in the piece (perhaps beginning, perhaps end), please also finish this comparison: "Writing is like _______." Or writing is ________.
	F	First New River observation (dress appropriately).
2 Memoir 8 - 12	M	Chapter 1 in WLS, Section 2 headnotes in AoT, Annie Dillard, "from An American Childhood " (AoT 95-106), and Dillard’s Introduction from In Fact (IF). Also, from Dillard on snowball throwing, from An American Childhood. Journal #2: First river observation (see handout) Journal #3: Where will you write (exercise one), when will you (exercise four), and famous first lines (exercise five--write down three in this entry).
	W	Chapter 2 in WLS. Gutkind, “The Creative Nonfiction “Police” (IF, xix – xxxiii). Let's see your map (we'll do exercise one in class). Wolf, "from In Pharoah's Army" (AoT 176-186) and Wolf, “On Being a Real Westerner.”
	F	Timeline (in class). Idea notebooks. McCarthy, "from Memories of a Catholic Girlhood" (83-95; White, "Once More to the Lake" (193-197), Section 3 headnotes in AoT and Keckler, “The Olive Jar” (Appendix B in WLS). Journal #4: Your map story (exercise two). Also, do your "generic disclaimer" (to share).
3 The Scene and the Sense 15 - 19	M	Chapter 3 in WLS.  Karr, "from The Liar's Club" (143-156); Allison, "from One of Two Things I Know for Sure" (130-135); Dubus, "from Broken Vessels" (135-141)
	W	No class – Van Noy out of town.
	F	Description. Ephron, "A Few Words about Breasts" (handout); Sanders, "Under the Influence" (handout). Journal #5: Crack a scene open (exercises one, two, and three).
4 Visiting Writer 22 – 26	M	Chapter 4 in WLS.  Lopate, "On Shaving a Beard”; Roorbach, “On Apprenticeship” (WLS, Appendix C). Journal #6: "On . . . " (exercise four).
	W	Visiting Writer I (post your draft by 5:00 the night before you read).  Peer review sheets here.  Paper #1.
	F	Chapter 5 in WLS.  Read Appendix One in WLS, Roorbach's "Into Woods"; Michaels, "How to Write a Personal Essay" (299-303); Sanders, "Personal" (handout) Journal #7: Your people, talking (exercise four).
Voice 29 – Oct 3	M	Visiting Writer I
	W	Visiting Writer I
	F	Chapter 6 in WLS. Lopate, "Against Joi de Vivre" (handout); Abbey, "Havasau" (424-429); Poland, "Going Native.” Journal #8: choose any exercise from this chapter.
6 Research 6 – 10	M	Chapter 7 in WLS. Edge, "I'm Not Leaving Until I Eat this Thing" (handout); Hall, "The Edison Cafe" (handout)," "The Last Stop" (handout). Write R (research), O (observation) or I (interview) in the margins of the paragraphs of this last piece.
	W	Chapter 8 in WLS. Ehrenrich, "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America" (370-389); Hodgman, "No Wonder They Call Me Bitch" (389-392). Journal #9: exercise 3 or 4
	F	Wolfe "Yeager" (398-406); Krakauer, "from Into Thin Air," (406-413). Field Research. Getting started on the second essay, Paper #2.
7 Style 13 – 17	M	Chapter 9 in WLS and Read any other piece from section four to discuss in class.
	W	No class -- Writing and Working Day
	F	No class -- Writing and Working Day
8 Form 20 – 24	M	Chapter 10 in WLS. "Shipping Out: On the (Nearly Lethal) Comforts of a Luxury Cruise (534-563). Journal #10: Second River Visit.  Journal 11: Revision -- show three examples of revision (sentences, sections, explanations) of Paper #1.
	W	Writing and working day or conferences.
	F	Bring copies of 5 copies of paper #2 to distribuate in class. Visiting Writer II. Peer review sheets for #2.
9 Revision 27 – 31	M	Visiting Writer II
	W	Visiting Writer II
	F	Due: Revised Paper #1.  Also, portfolio so far. Journals 1-11 and peer review sheets for each paper.
10 Refuge 3 – 7	M	Williams, "Prayer Dogs” (IF 92 – 109); McPhee, “An Album Quilt,” (IF 71-85).
	W	Miller, "A Braided Heart" (handout); Hubbell, "Spring" (AT 429-442); Rubinkowski, “In the Woods” (IF 318-331).
	F	Harris, "from Mississippi Solo" (AT 476-491). Quammen, "Strawberries Under Ice" (handout)
11 River 10 – 14	M	Readings on the River (handouts)
	W	Lopate, “Delivering Lilly” (IF 419-440)
	F	Trillin, “Alice” (handout) Journal 12: Third River Visit.
12 Visiting Writer 17 – 21	M	Visiting Writer III
	W	Visiting Writer III. Peer review for #3 sheets here.
	F	Visiting Writer III
		Thanksgiving Break
13 Readers 1 – 5	M	Chapter 11 in WLS. Journal 13: exercise six/eight (and preferably nine). BWR; COR; Sewanee; Now and Then; Ploughshares; Shenandoah; Truth about Fact; Hudson; Missouri; App Voices; Double Take; Ecotone. Salon piece on "Afraid of Publishing."
	W	Bring a revised essay to discuss at your conference. Come prepared to talk about part II of your self-evaluation.
	F	Conferences
14 Publish 8 – 12	M	Conferences
	W	Conferences
	F	Conferences
15 Exam	M	Visiting Writer IV at exam time, Tuesday 12/16, 12:30.