AFRC145 - WRITING IN CONCERT

Writing with a view to publication in the freelance sections of newspapers such as THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER and THE NEW YORK TIMES, in magazines such as THE ATLANTIC and THE NEW YORKER, and in the literary quarterlies and the journals of opinion. Among the areas likely to be considered are writings as a public act, issues of taste and of privacy, questions of ethnics and of policy, methods of research and of checking, excerpting, marketing, and the realistic understanding of assignments and of the publishing world. Student papers will be the basis of weekly editorial sessions, with concerntration on the language: how to render material literate, how to recognize the dispose of padding and self-indulgence, how to tighten structure and amplify substance. Topics vary. Consult the Center for Africana Studies for detailed course description, or visit: http//www.sas.upenn.edu/africana.