Senior Portfolio Workshop 2017

Many short short stories — so-called “flash fiction” or “sudden fiction” stories  — seem to operate in the manner of poetry, powered by their associative qualities. A particular image or series of images deepens in meaning, growing increasingly nuanced and complex. That’s what George Saunders does with the crossed metal pole in the story “Sticks,” barely more […]

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The story of George Saunders’s Victory Lap is written in a style that makes reading feel more like watching through a slideshow of the events. It has relatively fast paced scenes from beginning to end. There are a lot of changes in point of view, making it almost feel like there is more than one story. Indeed, it […]

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Your responsibilities in the class will include: — writing a weekly blog post — preparing comments and questions and then leading two class discussions of the assigned reading (you should choose reading assignments that are within the genre in which you’re working for your portfolio) — submitting three sections of your portfolio to be workshopped […]

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