Taught by Mark Bryant, Distinguished Visitor in Journalism, this will be a Writing Intensive course (limited to 12 students)  – GS 233 Topics in Journalism.  This an exciting opportunity for aspiring writers. 

WRITING WILD: LITERARY JOURNALISM OF THE OUTDOORS

This writing and reading appreciation course will explore the craft of narrative nonfiction through storytelling that focuses on the outside world, from natural science to environmental politics, adventure sports to far-flung travel. We will study the work of such modern masters as Annie Dillard, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Annie Proulx, Edward Abbey, Jon Krakauer, David Quammen, Elizabeth Kolbert, David Grann, Sebastian Junger, Hampton Sides, Susan Orlean, William Finnegan, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Harrison, Mary Roach, Thomas McGuane, Tim Cahill, and Barry Lopez. We will be writing every day, and learning every aspect of nonfiction storytelling—conceiving ideas, reporting, writing, editing, re-reporting, rewriting, and final polishing.

We will be visited by several of the most accomplished writers in the genre, and will take a field trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where we’ll meet with the staff of Outside magazine (at which your instructor was the award-winning editor for many years), as well as exceptional local writers, filmmakers, and environmentalists.