New MALAS Graduate Seminar, Fall 2022: Meagan Marshall's LIVING WRITERS

MALAS 600A.03 / ENGL 579: Living Writers

Professor: Meagan Marshall  | Wednesdays 7-9:40

Derek Walcott’s Fortunate Traveler asserts, “…literature is an old couch stuffed with fleas.” This course aims to counter his assertion by examining the texts of living writers who are working to maintain literature’s livelihood. Guest authors will visit the class to conduct discussions, writing workshops, and readings centered on their work and experience in the literary world. This course provides the rare opportunity to work closely with visiting authors while exploring multiple genres and mediums, including poetry, prose, and creative nonfiction. Active participation and inquiry will expand your perception of literature and strengthen your ability as a writer and reader. This course promises to shake the fleas from static written word. Writers of all experience-levels and genres are welcomed and encouraged.   

About the Professor:  

Meagan Marshall is a poet, performer, and professor. She directs the Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series and teaches in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. She is a recent recipient of the Pitt and Virginia Warner Innovation Award. She also teaches in the English Department at San Diego City College. Her work has appeared in various journals, including The Portland Review, Web Del Sol, San Diego Poetry Annual, Charlotte: A Journal of Literature and Art, Poetry Internationaland elsewhere. Meagan is co-author of the essay “The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series at San Diego State University: How One of the Nation’s Oldest Reading Series Found a Home in the Library” (McFarland 2017). She is commissioned frequently by San Diego Dance Theater and has written and performed several micro-fictions with the company including “Pillow: Case” (2015), “Requiem for an Ocean” (2016), “Shaker Loops” (2019), and “Janus II” (2020).      

Section Details:

Course	MALAS-600A
Course Title	LIVING WRITERS
Section	03
Schedule #	34443
Units	3.0
Session	FALL CAMPUS
Seats	3/3
Meetings	Seminar   1900-2140   W   AH-2116   M. MARSHALL
Full Title	Interdisciplinary Study in Liberal Arts and Sciences: Cultural Studies
Description	MALAS seminars are divided into four general areas with content that varies semester to semester. Each course may be repeated once with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units for MALAS 600A.
Prerequisite	Graduate standing.
Footnotes	07   This course is stacked with ENGL 579 "Living Writers." Not open to students currently enrolled in or with previous credit in ENGL 579 "Living Writers." ZL   The following student levels are allowed: Graduate.