Class Description
What does it mean to write about a particular place? Why does a story need to take place in Paris, and not in Boston or Dubai? How does a place shape a story, and how does a story reflect a place? In this ten-week course, we will consider these questions as we read authors such as Terry Tempest Williams, Pico Iyer, Annie Dillard, and John Elder. We’ll start with, and then look beyond, descriptive language to examine the social, historical and/or political implications of place-based writing. Class time will include reading discussion, writing prompts, field trips, and workshops. Students will have the opportunity to work on a course-long project about one particular place, or to workshop pieces on various places.
NOTE: Class will not meet on Columbus Day (Oct. 9th).
Did you know that we have scholarships available for all GrubStreet classes? To apply, click the "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button in the top right corner of this page. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your scholarship application and await our Scholarship Committee's decision before registering for the class. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.