2024 Fall
ASAMST 173 001 - SEM 001
Creative Writing
“The Short Story in our Asia America"
Fae Myenne Ng
Class #:26569
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Ethnic Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
0
Enrolled: 10
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 10
Waitlist Max: 0
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.
Final Exam
THU, DECEMBER 19TH
03:00 pm - 06:00 pm
Giannini 332
Other classes by Fae Myenne Ng
Course Catalog Description
Instruction and practice in forms and techniques of prose, verse, drama or other writing as an expression of Asian American experiences and a contribution to evolving Asian American culture; may focus on specific genres or tasks depending on instructor.
Class Description
In this seminar, we'll focus on the short story. We’ll read stories by Asian American writers and examine the personal and the political in fiction. How to make the personal impersonal? We’ll translate our bicultural, bilingual loyalties into the form of the short story. We’ll consider the reader and the critic. What empowers a writer: experience, imagination or talent?
Course requirements:
No absence policy. A drop in grade for every absence.
Commit to a community.
Set up a daily 2-hour writing sanctuary that develops your practice of writing.
No trigger warnings. This is a course about creating art.
Class Notes
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 21ST!!
Enrollment in this course is by application only. The application submission guidelines are below:
Submit a portfolio of your creative work. Max 10 pages. double-spaced, 12 pt. font. Include name, student ID, email, page num.. show more
Enrollment in this course is by application only. The application submission guidelines are below:
Submit a portfolio of your creative work. Max 10 pages. double-spaced, 12 pt. font. Include name, student ID, email, page num.. show more
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 21ST!!
Enrollment in this course is by application only. The application submission guidelines are below:
Submit a portfolio of your creative work. Max 10 pages. double-spaced, 12 pt. font. Include name, student ID, email, page number on the upper right-hand corner of first page.
Include a cover letter introducing yourself: place of birth and growth, your immigration history, languages, and fluency in your ancestral language, class standing, major, everything that makes you unique. Indicate your willingness to set up a writing sanctuary and pledge to the practice of writing two hours every day. Prioritize art.
Tell me what you’ve written and what you want to write in this class. No fanfiction, sci-fi, or journaling. List three significant Asian American novels and three short stories, how and why are they important to your development as a writer? If you haven’t read any Asian American writers, consider taking ASAMST 172 instead.
E-mail materials in a single pdf file to Fae Myenne Ng (fmn@berkeley.edu) by 5:00pm on Wednesday, August 21st.
Class selection is based on fit in a community, not talent.
If your application has been selected for the course, Dewey St. Germaine will contact you on Friday, August 23rd with course enrollment information. show less
Enrollment in this course is by application only. The application submission guidelines are below:
Submit a portfolio of your creative work. Max 10 pages. double-spaced, 12 pt. font. Include name, student ID, email, page number on the upper right-hand corner of first page.
Include a cover letter introducing yourself: place of birth and growth, your immigration history, languages, and fluency in your ancestral language, class standing, major, everything that makes you unique. Indicate your willingness to set up a writing sanctuary and pledge to the practice of writing two hours every day. Prioritize art.
Tell me what you’ve written and what you want to write in this class. No fanfiction, sci-fi, or journaling. List three significant Asian American novels and three short stories, how and why are they important to your development as a writer? If you haven’t read any Asian American writers, consider taking ASAMST 172 instead.
E-mail materials in a single pdf file to Fae Myenne Ng (fmn@berkeley.edu) by 5:00pm on Wednesday, August 21st.
Class selection is based on fit in a community, not talent.
If your application has been selected for the course, Dewey St. Germaine will contact you on Friday, August 23rd with course enrollment information. show less
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None