There’s something about a fresh syllabus. A sincerely grandiose course description, all those readings curated just for you, a schedule that promises a beginning, middle, and end. If I could’ve stayed in school forever, I might have. Alas, the working world came for me eventually.
But even if we’re not in school anymore, should we be deprived of the sweet, sweet rush of a new syllabus? I say no! So did these ten writers, who I greatly admire, and who generously shared with us the courses they love to teach (or hope to teach one day). Each syllabus is accompanied by a refreshingly un-stodgy reading list and a few words about what makes the topic so special.
Take a full course load this fall or dip in and out as you please. Your scholarly journey awaits. Bon voyage, fellow students!
–Eliza Smith, Special Projects Editor
Ekphrastic Poetry with Victoria Chang
The Literature of Obsession with Julia May Jonas
Multigenre Experiments in Form with Paul Lisicky
Reading About Writing with Peter Ho Davies
Speculative Women with Lina Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas
Place, Space, and Landscape with Alexandra Kleeman
Writers and the World with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Sports and Contemporary Writing with Sam Lipsyte
Hybrid Poetry with Ocean Vuong
Lyric Research with Ross Gay
