Taught by James Tate Hill, contributing editor for, fiction editor for the literary journal , and author of (W.W. Norton, 2021), which includes his essay from listed among the Notables in Best American Essays 2020.Blind Man's BluffPrairie Schooner Lit HubMonkeybicycle

In this 8-week course we will create and learn about short fiction that is risk-taking and full of discovery. In Anne Lamott’s book she says, “Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, “How alive am I willing to be?” Together, we will work on allowing our writing to take us to surprising places, to show us what we are thinking, to bring us the spark of topics, places, and people we want to explore.  Throughout the course, you will complete two creative drafts of stories and you will grow as a reader and writer through providing feedback on your classmates’ writing.Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and…