Faculty Profile
Susan Perabo
Professor of Creative Writing; Writer-in-Residence (1996)
Contact Information
East College Room 308
717.245.1847
http://users.dickinson.edu/~perabo/
Bio
She teaches beginning and advanced workshops in fiction, as well as modern and contemporary literature classes that focus heavily on form and technique. Her recent published work includes a collection of short stories, a novel, and non-fiction essays for magazines and anthologies.
Education
- B.A., Webster University, 1989
- M.F.A., University of Arkansas, 1994.
Awards
- Ganoe Award for Inspirational Teaching, 2001-2002
2018-2019 Academic Year
Fall 2018
CRWR 218 Creative Writ:Poetry & Fiction
An introductory creative writing workshop in poetry and fiction.
CRWR 317 Adv Creative Writing: Fiction
Writing and discussion of fiction.
Prerequisite: 218 or permission of the instructor.
Spring 2019
CRWR 219 Writing About Sports
May include memoir, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, biography, novel writing, graphic novel, playwriting, “genre” fiction (e.g., detective, sci-fi), subgenres of poetry (e.g., visual poetry), subgenres of fiction (e.g., Magical Realism), and other forms of non-analytical writing not routinely offered.
CRWR 317 Adv Creative Writing: Fiction
Writing and discussion of fiction.
Prerequisite: 218 or permission of the instructor.
