Prof. Staples' Intro to Creative Writing Students visit Rushton Woods Preserve

At the Rushton Woods Preserve bird-banding station, Prof. Catherine Staples’ Intro to Creative Writing students had a chance to practice what Heimbold professor Mike McCormack termed the “long gaze” as they marveled at the small details of songbirds and contemplated the phenomena of spring migration. It was a fitting end for a writing course, which emphasized the accuracy of image, the importance of long, close looks, and so often considered the interplay between the particular and the vast.

Senior English Major Maggie Heaps

Junior English major Reagan Wish