Course description
An introduction to creative writing techniques and various forms of creative nonfiction (personal essay, biographical essay, flash nonfiction, lyric essay, visual essay, and other experimental forms) through which students will explore and develop their conscious connection to the natural-urban landscape. The course will include activities such as field trips, readings, interviews, and journaling to generate the material for essays on engagement with nature in the city.
Course instructor
Anna Lee-Popham
Anna is a writer, creative writing instructor, and editor. Her poetry collection, Empires of the Everyday (McClelland & Stewart), examines how life is defined by the city, with specific attention to Toronto. Her writing has been first runner-up in PRISM international’s Pacific Poetry Prize; shortlisted for The Fiddlehead Creative Nonfiction Contest and Room‘s Poetry Contest; longlisted for CBC’s nonfiction prize; and published in Arc, Brick, Canthius, Riddle Fence, Autostraddle, and others.
Anna holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph, and she is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio and University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Education Creative Writing Certificate, where she received the Janice Colbert Poetry Award. Anna teaches creative writing at University of Toronto and University of Guelph.