A course in non-fiction writing suitable for majors in all fields. The course focuses on learning to manipulate voice and rhetorical stance by considering the variables of speaker, subject, audience, purpose. Students should expect to do some writing either in class or at home for every class meeting. These short experiments will focus on a range of modes, from parody to propaganda, and from self-expression to communication, as well as on a range of voices, from informal to formal. Spring