About Creative Writing
Students at Chicago pursue creative writing within the larger context of academic study. While the purpose of the program is, above all, to give students a rigorous background in the fundamentals of creative work by providing them with the opportunity to study with established poets and prose writers, it differs from the professional, free-standing creative writing programs at other universities in seeing itself as an integral part of the university’s intellectual life, and most particularly in providing opportunities for interdisciplinary work.
Visiting Writers
A number of distinguished visiting writers and poets come to campus each year to give lectures, teach courses, and perform readings of their various works:
Creative Writing Slideshow
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