Class Catalog: Summer General Registration Begins May 22

Class Title Course Type Instructor
Advanced Poetry Workshop

Students will make (and workshop) new poems out of a variety of obstructive exercises, using both invented and imitated forms in order to sidestep the usual ruts of imagination.

Class starts on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Six Week Class Kary Wayson
An Average Day in the City: Discovering Extraordinary Poems in the Ordinary Moments

Students will explore the neighborhood on foot, discovering poems in ordinary objects and moments, and read and comment on each other’s work, finishing the course with four to six new poems.

Class starts on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Four Week Class Jeanine Walker
Around the World with Short Stories

Take a trip around the world, reading stories from a variety of cultures, with selections from Jorge Luis Borges, Aimee Bender and others. Whether you’re a writer looking to improve your own craft or someone who loves to read an eclectic selection of fiction, this is the class for you!

Class starts on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Six Week Class Ryan Boudinot
Beating Writers’ Block

Do you have the urge to write, but get stuck on where to start or what to say? Do you feel like you always write the same way—or about the same thing—when you want to try out new ideas instead? This class is a quick, intensive blast of energy for your writing practice. We’ll do a large number of short in-class exercises to give you loads of fresh ideas, see how it feels to extend one of them into a longer piece and learn tricks to find inspiration in a pinch—for new content and new forms.

Class starts on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		One Day Class Clare Johnson
Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Bring a personal essay or memoir chapter (up to 4,000 words) for constructive, supportive critique to this workshop-style class. Critiques will be supplemented by readings, writing exercises and mini-lessons on craft.

Class starts on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Four Week Class Wilson Diehl
Dear You: Letter Writing and the Intimacy of Second Person

Come explore the intimate voice and truths that can be found when we write in the second person. Together we will write letters to those we love, those we struggle with and to different parts of ourselves.

Class starts on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Four Week Class Anne Liu Kellor
Deep-Sea Diving: Generative Poetry Workshop

In this generative poem-making class, we will attempt to listen closely to the buried life of your poems using a wide variety of tools, exercises and prompts. Methods will include buoyant ascents into silence, hearing our muses, creating a personal chorus and honing our tools of observation. Prepare to exit this class with lots of new material and a new lens into your still-emerging work.

Class starts on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Six Week Class Samar Abulhassan
Experimental Story Forms

We’ll analyze and discuss examples of three alternative short story forms—The List, The Letter and The Set of Instructions—that are growing in popularity. Then we’ll write our own.

Class starts on Sat, 07/28/2012 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		One Day Class Ross McMeekin
First Chapters

You’ve heard it before: if you don’t have a strong first chapter, agents and editors aren’t going to keep reading. What should a good first chapter do? How can you “hook” your readers? Plan on bringing in the first chapter or first few pages of the novel you’re working on for feedback.

Class starts on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		One Day Class Carter Sickels
Form Is Your Friend: Crafting Creative Nonfiction

When we write creative nonfiction, we shape experience into art. In this class, we’ll examine the wide variety of forms available to the memoir or essay writer—from the dramatic narrative to the braid to more experimental structures—and we’ll begin to craft our own essays.

Class starts on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Six Week Class Jennie Goode
Grammar for Writers

This class for all levels will equip writers to harness the beast that is English grammar. By cracking the whip of proper punctuation, you’ll turn your workhorse sentences into sleek and daring circus animals.

Class starts on Sat, 07/28/2012 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		One Day Class Erin Gilbert
Great Short Stories: An Advanced Workshop

Short stories are often deemed harder to write well than novels because they require such exacting language and precise technique. Through a combination of critique, in-class exercises and examples, we will explore the elements of craft required to compose a great story.

Class starts on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Six Week Class Peter Mountford