Designed for those with a serious ambition to be writers as evinced in work they are already doing. Does not offer instruction for beginning writers. Presupposes perfect and sophisticated written language skills. The Literature component emphasizes multicultural dimensions of contemporary writing in English. Admission by application. Focusing on the connection between artistic production and abnormal or extraordinary forms of perception, it grounds creativity as both a biological human capacity and a historically and culturally contingent category. Potential topics may include artistic activity in dialogue with intoxication and addiction, religion and spirituality, meditation and wellness, sports and physical exertion, dreams and liminal states, mental and physical illness, and technologically mediated consciousness.
Designed for those with a serious ambition to be writers as evinced in work they are already doing. Does not offer instruction for beginning writers. Presupposes perfect and sophisticated written language skills. The Literature component emphasizes multicultural dimensions of contemporary writing in English. Admission by application. Focusing on the connection between artistic production and abnormal or extraordinary forms of perception, it grounds creativity as both a biological human capacity and a historically and culturally contingent category. Potential topics may include artistic activity in dialogue with intoxication and addiction, religion and spirituality, meditation and wellness, sports and physical exertion, dreams and liminal states, mental and physical illness, and technologically mediated consciousness.
