Art of Writing cultivates and supports the craft of writing at UC Berkeley.
Our seminars, workshops, tutoring programs, and events build a collaborative writing community across the disciplines, and approach writing as a teachable art.
Sonali Deraniyagala lost most of her close family in the Indian Ocean tsunami. She discusses her writing process — paring down prose to reflect inner truth — in a Conversation (video) with AoW Director Ramona Naddaff.
This undergraduate seminar offers critical perspective on sports writing and journalism. It examines how each sport constitutes its own culture, and considers issues of spectatorship, race, and greatness in sport.
Alex Creighton, AoW postdoctoral fellow for the last two years, will miss his time at Berkeley as he moves on to Bennington College. Read his insights about the writing process and community, gleaned from his experience teaching UC undergraduates.