Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Coming Seminar Alert
Noted author Guralnick joins Vandy staff
"Peter Guralnick, one of America's finest music biographers and journalists, will be a visiting professor at Vanderbilt University during the 2005 spring semester to teach a course in creative non-fiction.
"I'm extremely excited about this course and happy that Vanderbilt has recognized the importance of telling stories about great American cultural figures," Guralnick said. "It is also a chance to emphasize to students the necessity for going beyond categories, because the people that I have admired the most have been the ones who didn't let genres or forms limit their creativity." ...
"Another major objective involves helping students improve on telling their stories," Guralnick said. "The key for me isn't so much the question of whether someone has talent or writing aptitude, so much as they understand that everyone has a story to tell, no matter who they are and where they came from. Understanding that, then working on the best way to present that story, is for me far more important than anything else in this class."
¶ 12/22/2004 05:53:00 AM
Noted author Guralnick joins Vandy staff
"Peter Guralnick, one of America's finest music biographers and journalists, will be a visiting professor at Vanderbilt University during the 2005 spring semester to teach a course in creative non-fiction.
"I'm extremely excited about this course and happy that Vanderbilt has recognized the importance of telling stories about great American cultural figures," Guralnick said. "It is also a chance to emphasize to students the necessity for going beyond categories, because the people that I have admired the most have been the ones who didn't let genres or forms limit their creativity." ...
"Another major objective involves helping students improve on telling their stories," Guralnick said. "The key for me isn't so much the question of whether someone has talent or writing aptitude, so much as they understand that everyone has a story to tell, no matter who they are and where they came from. Understanding that, then working on the best way to present that story, is for me far more important than anything else in this class."
¶ 12/22/2004 05:53:00 AM
