In this course, we will read and write works of creative nonfiction. Through a series of writing exercises and open discussions we will examine concepts of identity and how we come to understand our sense of self in our own writing as well as that of others. This course will help you to develop narrative techniques and writing strategies as you develop your voice in creative nonfiction. We will read model texts that consider heritage, one’s sense of place, gender, occupation, and more. The course will run as a generative workshop with a focus on creating new work and respectfully sharing/receiving feedback. About the Instructor Anastasios Mihalopoulos is a writer and educator. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from the Northeast Ohio MFA (NEOMFA) consortium and his B.S. in both chemistry and English from Allegheny College. He is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of New Brunswick. His poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and reviews have appeared widely, in Scientific American, Fairy Tale Review, Ninth Letter, Pithead Chapel, PRISM International, and elsewhere. His poetry manuscript, Still, Sometimes, Shipwreck, confronts language loss, cultural disconnect, diasporic identity, and other aspects of home-seeking using a series of persona poems from the perspective of Odysseus. His manuscript was a finalist for the 2025 Alice James Award and the Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Writing Series. He has taught creative nonfiction workshops at the university level for several years as well as a series of community workshops on memoir and the personal essay.