Schedule

Spring 2007
Tuesday -- Reading Post Due
Thursday -- Writing Due
Sunday -- Workshop Responses Due
Week 1

8-21

 

Introduction: 1) Please post a note about yourself in the Virtual Cafe. List 10 unique details about you. Make one of them a lie.

2) Read the Course Policies, Course Schedule, and Course Assignments.

8-23
Introduction:
Please post a 500 word description of your personal course goals for this session. Please address the following questions: What has been your experience thus far with writing? With writing workshops? What do you hope to learn about writing? What type of feedback would you like to receive from your peers? From the instructor? How do you want your writing to change over the course of the semester?
8-26
Read the Workshop and Reading instructions under "Course Materials"
Week 2
8-28
Reading: Preface, Introduction by Edward Hirsch, Appendices A - E and Glossary.
8-30

Poem 1

9-2

 

Workshop Responses

Week 3
9-4
Reading:
Kim Addonizio.
Dick Allen.
David Baker.
9-6

Poem 2

9-9

Workshop Responses

Week 4
9-11
Reading:
Robert Bly.
Michael J. Bugeja.
Wanda Coleman.
9-13

Poem 3

9-16

Workshop Responses

Week 5 9-18 Reading:
Billy Collins.
Denise Duhamel.
Stephen Dunn.
9-20

Poem 4

9-23

Workshop Responses

Week 6
9-25
Reading:
Stuart Dybek.
Ray Gonzalez.
Bob Hicok.
9-27

Poem 5

9-30

Workshop Responses

Week 7
10-2
Reading:
Jane Hirshfield.
David Lehman.
Timothy Liu.
10-4
Poem 6
10-7
Workshop Responses
Week 8
10-9
Reading:
Adrian C. Louis.
Campbell McGrath.
Peter Meinke.
10-11

Poem 7

10-14

Workshop Responses

Week 9

 

10-16
Reading:
Lisel Mueller.
Sharon Olds.
10-18

Poem 8

10-21

Workshop Responses

Week 10
10-23
Reading:
Lee Ann Roripaugh.
Kay Ryan.
10-25

Poem 9

10-28

Workshop Responses

Week 11
10-30
Reading:
Vivian Shipley.
Elizabeth Spires.
11-1

Poem 10

11-4

Workshop Responses

Week 12
11-6
Reading:
Virgil Suárez.
Ron Wallace.
11-8

Poem 11

11-11

Workshop Responses

Week 13
11-13
Reading:
Afaa Michael Weaver.
Miller Williams.
11-15
Poem 12
11-18
Workshop Responses
Week 14
11-20
Happy
11-22
Thanksgiving
11-25
Break
Week 15
11-27
Prepare for Final
11-29
Prepare for Final
12-2
Portfolio First Draft Due to "Course Discussion" area
Week 16
12-4
Portfolio Workshop Responses due to "Course Discussion" area
12-6
Portfolio Final Draft Due to "Course Assignments" area

12-9

Congratulations! You're Finished.
Patricia Colleen Murphy, MFA* Arizona State University * Bell Hall Room M3 * 7001 E. Williams Field Road * Mesa AZ 85212-6032