What is Narrative Nonfiction?
Fact-based stories can be just as riveting as good fiction if you know how to use a range of writing techniques to build a good narrative. The narrative nonfiction courses, which include Level I, II, and III workshops as well as Essay, Writing About Special Topics, Travel Writing and more, focus on finding fresh angles, developing voice, using research creatively and connecting your life experiences to the larger world. Many of the courses also have a community engagement component. Past classes have worked with Vietnam Veterans, inner city middle school children, and the elderly to produce magazines and even traveling exhibits. Professor Mary Collins won the top award for Community Engaged College Educators in 2015 from a consortium of universities in the state for her creative projects in her nonfiction courses. Click here to see a sample magazine XX/LINK.
Other faculty who might teach your narrative nonfiction course:
Leslie McGrath
Jotham Burrello
Nonfiction Courses
ENG 370, Creative Nonfiction I (every term)
ENG 375, Creative Nonfiction II (every term)
ENG 483, Creative Nonfiction III (every other year)
ENG 376, Essay (every fall)
ENG 382, Travel Writing
ENG 385, Writing About Special Topics Series
ENG tk, Contemporary Nonfiction Authors (Counts as a literature elective)