Writing People is a seminar focused on the many ways in which a journalist rooted in the disciplines of reporting and research, boosted by the techniques of creative nonfiction can convey the fleeting, inimitable virtues, quirks, and foibles of real people. By reading and dissecting examples of writing from a bevy of genres, including magazine profiles, arts reviews, and newspaper obituaries, students will learn how to use a mountain of facts to form a human shape.
Distribution Area: LA
Prerequisites and Restrictions
If the course fills, you may email Jeannine Matt Pitarresi at jp16@princeton.edu to be put on a waitlist. Please include a paragraph explaining your interest in the course.
Other Information
Vinson Cunningham is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He has served as a critic for the magazine, writing about theatre, television, and more. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2024, and was awarded the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for 2021-2022. In 2020, he was a finalist for a National Magazine Award for his Profile of the comedian Tracy Morgan. His début novel, Great Expectations, came out in 2024.
