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Writing the Short Form: Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, and Prose Fiction

X106.3 (2 semester units in English)

Flash fiction and prose poems, ranging from one sentence to 500 words, force writers to create an urgent and immediate experience for the reader—the essence of language-driven fiction. Using works by a wide range of authors—including Voltaire, Kafka, Carolyn Forche, and David Foster Wallace—this course for experienced writers explores various forms of flash fiction, including the short-short story, the compressed narrative, and the fable. We also examine prose fiction, a form of longer fiction with striking similarities to the prose poem and the short story. Writers include W.G. Sebald, Marguerite Duras, and Tom McCarthy. Writing assignments emphasize finding forms best suited to your individual interests, voice, and style.

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Mon. June 29, Berkeley

THAISA FRANK is the author of three collections of fiction, including A Brief History of Camouflage and Sleeping in Velvet. She is the co-author of Finding Your Writer’s Voice. She has a short story in a Bloomsbury Press anthology (June 2008) and an essay on Voltaire published with Viking/Penguin (January 2009).

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• June 29 to July 30: Mon. and Thurs., 1-4 pm
• Berkeley: Room 205, UC Berkeley Extension, 1995 University Ave.
• $495 (EDP 025197)

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