Class Catalog

Instructor: Beth Slattery. Got a real-life story in you? Develop the tools you need to tell it in this exploratory creative nonfiction writing workshop. Leave with 15 pages of fresh work, feedback on your writing, and the tools to write more.  

Instructor: Rachel Attias. Stir strangeness and surprise: over six weeks, we’ll practice pushing our writing in weird and wild directions, crafting our own surreal realities. Leave with some truly weird and wonderful writing.

Instructor: Dilruba Ahmed. Dive into select poems from Rick Barot's poetry collection, The Galleons. We’ll study how Barot interplays the personal and the political, discuss way he uses craft, & do some writing inspired by his words and strategies. 

Instructor: April Dávila. Learn the foundations of story structure and how you can use it to guide your work in progress in this three-hour sliding scale craft class. 

Instructor: Beth Slattery. Become a time lord: learn to manipulate time and jump forward, backward, between, and even into dreams in this six-week craft workshop. Leave with the ability to move seamlessly between time in your prose writing.

Instructor: Alma Garcia. Got a story that’s bursting to come out? Read widely, write lots, and master the foundations of fiction in this beginner-friendly writing workshop. Leave with a draft of an opening scene and solid grasp of story basics. 

Instructor: Gail Folkins. How do you nerd out and still keep your reader engaged? Learn to incorporate research or knowledge into your storytelling in this eight-week craft course. Leave with two essays, feedback, and next steps. 

Instructor: Ingrid Ricks. Tap into the healing power of personal narrative and write the emotionally-charged story you need to tell. Leave with a seven- to ten-page story and the narrative tools you need to continue your writing journey.

Instructor: Kevin O’Rourke. Learn to close-read any text in this reading course for writers. Over six weeks, explore work across various forms and genres, and leave with a toolkit to translate literary knowledge to your own writing.

Instructor: Deborah Woodard. Dive into the work Lord Byron, the Romantic Era’s most flamboyant poet. We’ll read and discuss his major works, then do some writing of our own. Leave with a fresh perspective on Byron and a short portfolio of new work.

Instructor: Emma Stockman. Dying to write, but nothing coming out? Use journaling to reconnect with your creative spark: Through somatic exercises and freewriting, you’ll dive deep into your inner world and find new ways to connect with your art. 

Instructor: Steve Almond. People think about sex all the time but writers tend to shy away from the subject. In this three-hour craft workshop, learn how to write sex scenes infused with genuine emotion and ecstatic sensation.

Instructor: Aimee Suzara. Read, discuss, & write at the intersections in this generative workshop. We’ll read essays and poems, exploring how identity intersects with experiences of intergenerational mothering, and respond with writing of our own. 

Instructor: Jeff Bender. Make the hehe be haha and write the TV comedy pilot of your dreams. We’ll cover the foundations of TV writing and do a writer’s room workshop. Leave with a blueprint for your pilot episode and a toolkit for moving forward. 

Instructor: Jeanine Walker. Learn to write a great poem in four minutes and explore how to make that poem even better with new approaches to revision. Leave with a sustainable writing practice and 20+ new poems.  

Instructor: Holly Day. Overcome your fear of the blank page in this generative short fiction workshop. Throw perfection to the wayside, embrace the creative process, and emerge with a solid short story draft. 

Instructor: Theo Nestor. Explore the fundamentals of story structure and do activities designed to help you find the shape of your memoir in this two-hour generative craft class.

Instructor: Jennifer Perrine (JP). Learn how to curate and collect your poems into a chapbook or book-length manuscript. We’ll identify themes, experiment with sequence and structure, and identify opportunities to further develop your collection. 

Instructor: Grace Bialecki. Explore the essays and poetry of Ross Gay, known for his work about joy, gratitude, and the simple pleasures of life. Through reading and writing, we’ll learn to employ Ross Gays delightful techniques in our own writing. 

Instructor: Tina Tocco. Kickstart your creativity in this low-stress generative writing class. Each week, we’ll write to a variety of prompts and share our work in a supportive, positive environment. Leave each week with a new piece of writing. 

Instructor: Chen Chen. Explore titles and titling strategies from poets like Victoria Chang, Tarfia Faizullah, and more. We’ll study music and visual art, and even play a titling game to stir fresh inspiration. Leave with a draft of a new poem and titles for days. 

Instructor: Peter Mountford. Self-taught writer, ready to level up? Read widely, write lots, and master the foundations of fiction in this beginner-friendly writing course. Leave with a short story draft and solid grasp of story basics.

Instructor: Christie Valentin-Bati. Explore the topic of female gaze and across a variety of genres and perspectives. We’ll read writers like Maggie, Nelson, Roxanne Gay, Sharon Olds, Toni Morrison, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and more. 

Instructor: Theo Nestor. In this two-hour, beginner-friendly craft class, dive into the essential elements of memoir writing. Through lecture and generative writing, we’ll hone in on our stories and develop the voices we use to tell them.