Distinguished Living Writers
Overview
Subject area
HUM
Catalog Number
15056
Course Title
Distinguished Living Writers
Department(s)
Description
Every semester around a half a dozen award winning poets, novelists, and non-fiction writers visit Hunter College for the Distinguished Writers Series. This course is dedicated to studying the latest work by these authors before attending the readings and meeting the them, face to face, for an in-class Q&A. In the past these authors have included Margaret Atwood, Rachel Kushner, William Finnegan, and Maggie Nelson, among many others.The readings that students must attend are typically each on five different Tuesdays at 7.30pm at Hunter College’s main 68th Street campus.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Requirement Designation
FCE - Flexible Core - Creative Expression
Course Attributes
WRIC - WRIC (Writing Intensive)
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3