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Instructor: Laura Pritchett

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Ever wonder about the difference between autobiography and memoir? Lyric essay and personal essay? An immersion essay and meditative essay? Sub-genre-ing isn’t always helpful, but knowing the formal features of some popular forms does help us writers wrap our heads around what we want to write. In other words, studying some of the formal features of subgenres within the field of Creative Nonfiction has one main plus: It can help us clarify what we want to write and where we might get it published. This class will offer an overview of subgenres, reading material that pertains, and creative writing exercises to get you going.

Laura Pritchett is an award-winning author of two books of fiction and the editor of three books of nonfiction. Her novel, Sky Bridge (2005), won the WILLA Literary Award and was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award and the Dublin International Award. Her collection of short stories, Hell’s Bottom, Colorado (2001), won the PEN USA award and the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. Pritchett also edited three books: Home Land, Pulse of the River, and Going Green: True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers. She has had over 100 pieces published in numerous magazines, Pritchett received her B.A. and M.A. in English at Colorado State University and her Ph.D. in Contemporary American Literature/Creative Writing at Purdue University