Dr. Brigitte Byrd

brigittebyrd.com

Arts & Sciences 210M
678-466-4556

brigittebyrd@clayton.edu

 

Office Hours Fall 09

T 12-12:30, 3:30-4:30 & Th 11:30-12:30, 3:30-4

And by appointment

 

SYLLABI FALL 09

   

    Advanced Fiction Writing

    Intro to Creative Writing

    Exercises for Intro to Creative Writing

    World Literature II

 

VISITING WRITERS READING SERIES 2009-2010

 

PAST VISITING WRITERS READING SERIES EVENTS

Clayton State University Visiting Writers Series 2008-2009

Clayton State University Visiting Writers Series Spring 2008

Clayton State University Visiting Writers Series Fall 2007

Clayton State University Visiting Writers Series Spring 2007 

Clayton State University Visiting Writers Series Fall 2006
 

SYLLABI ARCHIVE

Summer 2009

• Race and Ethnicity (Graduate Course)
• English Composition II
•  (Additional Material for Comp II)

Spring 2009

• Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
• Intro to Creative Writing
• Exercises for Intro to Creative Writing
• English Composition II

Fall 2008

• Advanced Poetry Writing
• Intro to Creative Writing
• Exercises for Intro to Creative Writing
• Master Thesis Research

Summer 2008

• Contemporary Lit of Exile
• English Composition I
• Special Topics in Lit / Poetry of Place

Spring 2008

• Multicultural Literature
• Advanced Composition/Travel Writing

Fall 2007

• Advanced Prose Writing: Short Story Writing
• Introduction to Creative Writing
• Exercises for Intro to Creative Writing

Summer 2007

• Multicultural Literature
• English Composition I

Spring 2007

• Advanced Poetry Writing
• Advanced Composition/Travel Writing

Fall 2006

• Advanced Prose Writing; Short Story Writing
• Intro to Creative Writing - MWF
• Intro to Creative Writing -MW
• Exercises for Intro to Creative Writing

Summer 2006

• Advanced Poetry Writing
• Selected Topics in English: Creative Nonfiction

 

My new book Song of a Living Room is available
September 1, 2009 from Ahsahta Press.
 

    

Click the covers of my books for more information!

Click HERE to view my reading (Atlanta Forum Network).

Click HERE to hear an excerpt from Fence Above the Sea (introduction by David Kirby).

 

REVIEWS FOR FENCE ABOVE THE SEA

    Review by Alexis M. Smith at Tarpaulin Sky

    Review by Duncan Sprattmoran at Foreword Magazine

    Review by J'Lyn Chapman at Denver Quarterly

    Review by Carrie Bennett at Chattahootchee Review

    Review by Cynthia Arrieu-King at Word for/Word

    Review by Anne Heide at Parcel One

 

REVIEWS FOR THE DAZZLING LAND

    Review by Michael Trammel at The Apalachee Review

 

INTERVIEWS WITH BRIGITTE BYRD

    from Oranges & Sardines

    from kickingwind.com

CYGNET:  A JOURNAL OF ARTS AND LITERATURE

Call for Submissions to CYGNET 2010 & Guidelines

 CYGNET 2009

 CYGNET 2008

 CYGNET 2007

As the faculty advisor / senior and managing editor of CYGNET, I encourage students to submit their creative work.  Students interested in pursuing an internship in editing and promoting CYGNET should contact me.  

STANLEY CYRUS AWARDS IN CREATIVE WRITING

GUIDELINES FOR CREATIVE WRITING STUDENT READINGS

SENIOR THESIS GUIDELINES