Teaching Cultural Dexterity in Creative Writing

Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Tables
Acknowledgments
Beyond Belonging: An Introduction
	Calls for Change
	Parallel Practice(s)
	Overview
	Casting a Wide(r) Net
Chapter 1: Difficult Dialogues: Toward a Trauma-Informed Creative Writing Workshop
	Fishes Out of Water: (Normative) Workshops as Traumatizing Spaces
	GSI Resources
	Praxis
	Conclusions
	Writing Prompts
Chapter 2: Writing Lives at the Roundtable: Toward Teaching Students-as-Authors
	Authorial Lives and Constructions
	Idea and Identity: The Whole Picture
	GSI Resources
	Praxis
	Conclusions
	Writing Prompts
Chapter 3: Why Bother in English? On Creative Writing’s Translingual Potential
	(Classroom) Acts of Reclamation
	Breaking (out of) English: The Languages of Our Souls
	Breaking (out of) English: Meaning-Making, Literature, and Deafness
	Breaking (out of) English: Workshopping China
	GSI Resources
	Praxis
	Conclusions
	Writing Prompts
Chapter 4: Before and Beyond Genre: Critically Considering Craft in the Nonfiction Classroom
	Our People, Ourselves
	GSI Resources
	Praxis
	Conclusions
	Writing Prompts
Chapter 5: Beyond Genesis: A Transcultural Exigency for Research in Creative Writing
	In the Room, On the Scene
	GSI Resources
	Praxis
	Conclusions
	Writing Prompts
Chapter 6: Toward Critical Concepts in the Nonfiction Classroom: Some Reflections on Course Designs
	Course Description: Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
	Course Description: Studies in Creative Nonfiction
	Institutional Context
	Scholarly Rationale
	Reflection
	Conclusions
Chapter 7: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going: Considerations and Continuations
Appendix A: Sample Syllabus—Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
	Course Description: Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
	Prerequisite/Corequisite
	Audience
	Credits
	Learning Objectives
	Required Texts/Supplies
	Course Requirements and Expectations
	Homework and In-Class Activities
	Workshop Groups
	Grade Breakdown
Appendix B: Sample Schedule—Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Appendix C: Sample Trajectory—Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
	Week 1
	Week 2
	Week 3
	Week 4
	Week 5
	Week 6
	Week 7
	Week 8
	Week 9
	Week 10
	Week 11
	Week 12
	Week 13
	Week 14
	Week 15
Appendix D: Sample Syllabus—Studies in Creative Nonfiction
	Course Description: Studies in Creative Nonfiction
	Prerequisite/Corequisite
	Audience
	Credits
	Learning Objectives
	Required Texts/Supplies
	Course Requirements and Expectations
	Homework and In-Class Activities
	Workshop Groups
	Grade Breakdown
Appendix E: Sample Schedule—Studies in Creative Nonfiction
Appendix F: Sample Trajectory—Studies in Creative Nonfiction
	Week 1
	Week 2
	Week 3
	Week 4
	Week 5
	Week 6
	Week 7
	Week 8
	Week 9
	Week 10
	Week 11
	Week 12
	Week 13
	Week 14
Appendix G: Sample Project—Flash Nonfiction
	Description
	Criteria Overview
Appendix H: Sample Project—Researched Nonfiction or Literary Translation
	Description
	Option #1: Researched Literary Nonfiction
		Prompts below:
	Option #2: Literary Translation (plus commentary essay)
	Instructions for Option #1
	Instructions for Option #2
	Criteria Overview
Appendix I: Sample Project—Identity Notebook
	Description
	Criteria Overview
Appendix J: Sample Project—Revision for Targeted Publication + Exam Questions
	Part 1: Revision for Targeted Publication
		Publication List
	Part 2: Responses to Exam Questions
	Criteria Overview
Index