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.
Nathan Atkinson, director of the Art of Writing tutoring program, discusses what makes it different from others on campus, as well as his teaching experiences and philosophy in this engaging interview.
Read three award-winning student essays from Kim Voss’s Fall 2023 Art of Writing seminar, “From Berkeley to the Public: The Art of Writing about Contentious Politics.”
Economist Sonali Deraniyagala recounted her incomprehensible loss during the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka in her memoir Wave. In conversation, she discusses her evolution as a memoirist and author.