Dec 21, 2024  
2023-2024 Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Creative Writing


Go to: Division of Literature and Languages  

Faculty

Sara Jaffe
Fiction and nonfiction.

Joan Naviyuk Kane
Poetry.

Peter Rock
Fiction and nonfiction. On sabbatical 2023-24.

Curriculum

Creative writing courses at Reed are taught as workshops by practicing writers. Students write works of poetry and fictional and nonfictional prose, which are distributed to other participants in the workshop for review and critique. In addition to the workshops, occasional discussions and meetings with visiting writers are part of the program. Students are encouraged to participate in literary events both on and off campus and to create such events of their own.

Admission to creative writing courses requires consent of the instructor based on a writing sample. Creative theses are possible when faculty supervision is available and when the student’s work gains approval from the creative thesis committee.

Courses