SYLLABUS NOTES FROM ACCIDENTAL PROFESSOR SC LYNDA BARRY

The award-winning author Lynda Barry is the creative force behind the genre-defying and bestselling work What It Is. She believes that anyone can be a writer and has set out to prove it. For the past decade,Barry has run a highly popular writing workshop for nonwriters called Writing the Unthinkable,which was featured in The New York Times Magazine. Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor is the first book to make her innovative lesson plans and writing exercises available to the public for home or classroom use. Barry teaches a method of writing that focuses on the relationship between the hand,the brain,and spontaneous images,both written and visual. It has been embraced by people across North America-prison inmates,postal workers,university students,high-school teachers,and hairdressers-for opening pathways to creativity. Syllabus takes the course plan for Barry's workshop and runs wild with it in her densely detailed signature style. Collaged texts,ballpoint-pen doodles,and watercolor washes adorn Syllabus's yellow lined pages,which offer advice on finding a creative voice and using memories to inspire the writing process. Throughout it all,Barry's voice (as an author and as a teacher-mentor) rings clear,inspiring,and honest.