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Heroine Course Catalog

Breath and Time: The Art of Pacing in Contemporary Poetry

with Yuki Tanaka

What happens in the white space of a poem? Learn how poets use breath, pause, silence, and syntax to shape tone and emotional impact. 

craft, close reading

4 Sessions
January 12 - February 9, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry Advanced

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Night Poetry

with Christine Kwon

For poets drawn to the dark. Study fellow poets of shadow and stillness, then craft your own instinctive, night-blooming poems through weekly prompts and generative play. 

generative, close reading, creative practice

6 Sessions
January 14 - February 18, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry

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Care and Radical Revision: A Poetry Workshop

with Tanya Young

Return to your poems with curiosity and courage. This class explores radical revision as a practice of discovery—stretching, reshaping, and re-envisioning your work in a supportive, attentive community. 

generative, cohort, workshop

8 Sessions
January 15 - March 5, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Poetry Intermediate

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Green Was the Silence: A Generative Rainbow

with Sierra Nelson

A playful, multi-genre journey through the world of color. Explore a new hue each week with sensory prompts, gentle feedback, and a daily color log. Leave with vivid new drafts and renewed creative momentum. 

generative, cohort

10 Sessions
January 15 - April 2, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Writing Alongside Alice Notley

with Deborah Woodard

Explore Alice Notley’s radical, experimental poetics. Read three landmark books and generate new work inspired by her visionary voice, hybrid forms, and mythic, interior worlds.

generative, close reading, workshop

6 Sessions
January 17 - February 21, 2026
1:10-3:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Engaging Your Ancestors Intensive

with Camellia Freeman

Take a 16-week journey into lineage and creative practice. Write from memory, myth, and the body; experiment with form; and develop a meaningful draft—whether you know your history well or hardly at all.

generative, creative practice

16 Sessions
January 20 - May 26, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Poetry II

with Jeanine Walker

You’ve got the basics down. Now, it’s time to sharpen your skills! In this intermediate class, you’ll read, write, and workshop poems with a focus on revision, image, metaphor, and musicality. Prepare to grow your voice with every draft.

craft, close reading, workshop

8 Sessions
January 21 - March 11, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Poetry Intermediate

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With Kin We Share Our Breath: Writing with the More-Than-Human Universe

with Shankar Narayan

Write beyond the human. This class explores global myth, ecology, and relational ways of knowing—guiding you to create poems and prose that reimagine kinship with land, animals, and the living world.

generative, close reading

8 Sessions
January 21 - March 18, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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Reading for Writers

with Carolyn Abram

Sharp reading makes sharp writing. This class teaches you to decode how writers build tension, character, momentum and more—and bring those tools into your own work. 

generative, close reading

6 Sessions
January 22 - March 5, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction Intermediate

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Reconnecting With Your Inner Artist

with Sarah Dalton

Reconnect with your wild, playful creative self that existed before the rules. We’ll use prompts, drawing, writing, and daily low-pressure practice to get back to making art from a place of curiosity rather than perfection. 

generative, cohort, creative practice

8 Sessions
January 24 - March 21, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Publishing Fundamentals II: Book Proposals, Query Letters, and Pitches

with Elise McHugh

You’ve written the book—now pitch it with power. This class helps you craft a compelling query, pitch, and proposal while staying true to your voice, giving you the tools to confidently navigate the traditional publishing landscape. 

cohort, publishing

6 Sessions
January 26 - March 9, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Love Poems Across Time

with Carolyne Wright

Trace centuries of love poems—from Rumi to Diaz—exploring how history, culture, and circumstance shape different types of love. Then craft love poems born from your lived experience.

generative, workshop

6 Sessions
January 27 - March 3, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry

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The Late Show: (Re)start Your Writing at 50+

with Deborah Nedelman and Stephanie Hammer

This supportive, welcoming generative writing class explores the crucial steps to (re)enter and maintain a writing practice at a later stage in life. 

generative, personal growth

2 Sessions
February 2 - February 3, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Creative Renewal: Recharge Your Writing Life

with Gabriela Frank

Feeling drained or stuck? This class helps you understand creative burnout, reconnect with your artistic “why,” and build sustainable practices that make writing feel possible again. 

creative practice, personal growth

4 Sessions
February 5 - February 26, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Advanced Poetry Workshop

with Leigh Sugar

A supportive, advanced-level poetry workshop for poets ready to deepen their craft. Workshop new poems, study contemporary writers, and hone your voice in a thoughtful, rigorous community.

cohort, workshop, creative practice

16 Sessions
February 11 - June 17, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry Advanced

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Finding the Poet Within

with Holly Day

New to poetry or just finding your way back? This beginner-friendly class explores craft through playful prompts, readings, and reflection. Leave with a few new poems—and the confidence to keep going. 

generative, craft

6 Sessions
February 11 - March 18, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Poetry Introductory

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Nonfiction Book Proposal Intensive

with Rachel Werner

Got an obsession that could fill a whole book? Turn that passion into a nonfiction book proposal agents want to greenlight—complete with comps, audience, and sample pages.  

generative, workshop, publishing

4 Sessions
February 17 - March 17, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Nonfiction

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Reading and Remixing: Experiments in Creative Writing

with Noah Zanella

Turn reading into your strongest creative tool. Learn to borrow, remix, reimagine, reference, and transform texts into new work through weekly experiments in intertextual craft.

generative, close reading

6 Sessions
February 17 - March 24, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Reading Across Cultures: Freedom and Elasticity in Latin American Literature

with Ines Rodrigues

Break free from conventional craft. We’ll examine Latin American literary techniques like intuition, elasticity, atmospheric worldbuilding to write fiction that feels expansive, potent, and more alive.

generative, craft, close reading

6 Sessions
February 21 - March 28, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

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Introduction to Publishing Short Work

with Ruth Joffre

Ready to publish your short work? Learn how to research magazines, craft a strong cover letter and bio, and build a sustainable submissions process—so your stories start reaching their readers. 

publishing

2 Sessions
March 14 - March 21, 2026
1:10-3:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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How to Read a Poem

with Jeanine Walker

Discover how reading poems aloud can transform the way you write and revise. This one-day class blends listening, vocal practice, and revision—and includes the opportunity to share your work at a public reading. No performance experience required. 

close reading, creative practice, professional development

1 Session
March 21 - March 21, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person Poetry

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Fiction III

with Anca Szilágyi

Ready to go deeper? This advanced course focuses on what makes your voice your own. You’ll revise a full story or chapter, explore structure and tone, and learn to polish work for submission. For writers with a solid foundation in craft fundamentals.

craft, close reading, workshop

10 Sessions
April 6 - June 15, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

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Poetry III

with Jeanine Walker

What happens when a poem pushes past its edges? In this ten-week course, you’ll study boundary-breaking poets, write your own daring work, and workshop in a space designed for risk, clarity, and deeper creative growth.

craft, close reading, workshop

10 Sessions
April 8 - June 10, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Poetry Advanced

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Writer’s Welcome Kit

with Paulette Perhach

This asynchronous course features online workbooks, including ten essential templates in Word and Excel to kickstart your writing life, and resources professional writers use to get published.

November 20 - November 20, 2029
 Online Asynchronous Fiction

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