University of Iowa Courses

How Writers Write Poetry, a six-week course, will begin in late June 2014. The course will be taught by IWP Director and Poet Christopher Merrill and Black Rainbow Editions Editor and Poet Mary Hickman. Contributing poets' video talks will be contextuali…

• Canvas Network
• 6 weeks
• Finished
• Free Online Course

How Writers Write Fiction

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How Writers Write Fiction, a six-week course, will begin in September 2014. IWP Director and Professor of English Christopher Merrill and a prominent author of contemporary fiction will co-teach the course, contextualizing contributing authors' video tal…

• NovoEd
• 6 weeks
• Finished
• Free Online Course

This creative writing MOOC will focus on writing about identities, communities, and social issues in fiction and nonfiction. There is no cost to enroll; registration is completely free for all participants. No writing experience is required. This MOOC we…

• NovoEd
• 6 weeks
• Finished
• Free Online Course

Power of the Pen: Identities and Social Issues in Poetry and Plays

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This creative writing MOOC will focus on writing about identities, communities, and social issues in poetry and plays. There is no cost to enroll; registration is completely free for all participants. No writing experience is required. This MOOC welcomes…

• NovoEd
• 6 weeks
• Finished
• Free Online Course

Every Atom: Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself

Every Atom: Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself will take a collective approach to a close reading of America’s democratic verse epic, first published without a title in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass and later titled Song of Myself in the 1881 edition.

• Independent
• 6 weeks
• Finished
• Free Online Course

Whitman’s Civil War: Writing and Imaging Loss, Death, and Disaster

Welcome! On July 18, 2016, the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa will open the new MOOC Whitman's Civil War: Writing and Imaging Loss, Death, and Disaster. This free open online course will embark upon a journey through Walt Whitman…

• NovoEd
• Finished
• Free Online Course