The classes will be divided into two parts. In the first we’ll look at significant British and Irish poets of the post-war period, paying particular attention to the ways in which an idea of ‘the centre’ has eroded, and given way to a markedly more diverse literary culture. In the second half, we’ll look at poems written by members of the class - two per session.

• Days/Times: W 2:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Motion, Andrew P
• Room: Gilman 138D
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 0/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

In 2011 Guardian columnist Zoe Williams published "Should We Ditch Fiction in Times of Crisis?" Williams' subtitle summarized her argument: "When our daily news is apocalyptic, it's irresponsible to read made-up stories.” Fourteen years later the world is as mired in crisis as ever and Williams’ question is no less provoking to consider, as are the other questions it raises. What business does the novel have tackling politics? What business does the novel have not tackling politics? What do we even mean by ‘politics’? In this course we’ll think about the relationship of the novel to politics, and the category of the ‘political novel:’ is it a novel about the political process? A novel with a discernible political or ideological posture? A novel about the impact of politics on personal lives? All of the above and more? We’ll read approximately 6 novels, some of which will be imposed autocratically, and some of which will be chosen democratically. Readings may include such novels as: James The Plot Against America Home Fire The Handmaid’s Tale The Line of Beauty Flight Behavior 1984 All the King’s Men Ragtime The Sellout The Book of Laughter and Forgetting The Reluctant Fundamentalist Lost Children Archive The Abbess of Crewe Eat the Document

• Days/Times: T 2:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Choi, Susan
• Room: Gilman 138D
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 0/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

Fiction graduate students in the MFA program of The Writing Seminars will meet weekly to discuss the work of their fellow graduate students. Each student can expect to share their work three times in the course of the term, and for the work of two students to be discussed every week. Students can also expect to share their response to the works under discussion on the class Canvas page in advance of each week’s meeting.

• Days/Times: Th 2:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Tenorio, Lysley A
• Room: Gilman 138D
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 0/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

In this MFA workshop, we will read and write long poems, longish poems, sequences, and series, giving students expansive space to pursue their driving interests as we explore a variety of approaches to sustaining longer poems and series. There will be regular reading and writing assignments, and students will share drafts for class discussion.

• Days/Times: F 2:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Russell, Lauren M
• Room: Gilman 138D
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 0/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

A graduate course designed to develop both close reading and genre study, and to support the teaching of Introduction to Fiction and Poetry (IFP) I and II. Readings in selected works of American, English, and European poetry and short fiction. Course required by all graduate students in the MFA program.

• Days/Times: M 2:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Robinson, Shannon L
• Room: Gilman 138D
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 0/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

For Writing Seminars MFA students. This indicates they are actively participating as a TA as required by the program.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Robinson, Shannon L
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 8/14
• PosTag(s): n/a

For Writing Seminars MFA students. This indicates that they are actively participating as a managing editor for The Hopkins Review.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Malech, Dora Rachel
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 0/2
• PosTag(s): n/a

In this course we will consider the project of contemporary adaptation. Why are writers drawn to retellings? What makes something true enough to its source text(s) to be considered an adaptation but original enough to be more than a copy? When is adaptation an homage and when is it critique? How does a writer interested in contemporary questions of representation and identity approach a text with problematic or dated framing? How does an adapted text work with or against readers’ expectations for plot and structure? Works discussed may include selections by Percival Everett, Jennine Capo Crucet, Isabella Hammad, Mat Johnson, Carmen Maria Machado, Helen Oyeyemi, and Julian Barnes, in conversation with complete or excerpted source texts by Shakespeare, Melville, Flaubert, Poe, and Mark Twain. Alongside the reading and seminar discussion, students will work on a proposed adaptation of their own and workshop both the concept and an excerpt of their projects.

• Days/Times: T 2:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Evans, Danielle V
• Room: Gilman 138D
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

Discussion and critique of fiction manuscripts by students enrolled in the MFA program. Some assignments possible.

• Days/Times: Th 2:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Puchner, Eric P
• Room: Gilman 138D
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

In this course, students will submit original poems for class critique. On average, a new poem will be due every other week for comment and discussion the following week.  Students should read each other’s work carefully, provide written response, and arrive prepared to discuss the poems in class. At the end of the semester, a final portfolio of revised poetry, along with a brief articulation of revision strategies, will be due. Since I assume all of you are at work on book-length manuscripts, we will also read and discuss several recent books, comparing subjects, themes, styles, and structures as we consider the broader issues posed by a larger poetic project.

• Days/Times: F 2:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Snider, Bruce H
• Room: Gilman 138D
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course explores the presence of Shakespeare as a source in modern poetry and as a potential resource for student writing. We will discuss the connections between King Lear, Hamlet, and The Tempest and poems by W. H. Auden, Langston Hughes, Hyam Plutzik, Emily Dickinson, Rita Dove, and others.

• Days/Times: W 2:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Yezzi, David D
• Room: Gilman 138D
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

For Writing Seminars MFA students. This indicates they are actively participating as a TA as required by the program.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Robinson, Shannon L
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 14/14
• PosTag(s): n/a

For Writing Seminars MFA students. This indicates that they are actively participating as a managing editor for The Hopkins Review.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Malech, Dora Rachel
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/2
• PosTag(s): n/a