Class Catalog

Instructor: Elise McHugh. Mystified by the world of publishing? Learn the publishing options available to you & your manuscript in this three-week publishing intensive. Walk away with a plan to take your manuscript from submission to book deal.

Instructor: Naa Akua. Love is a practice. Through meditation, writing, and discussion, we’ll explore how to bring more love—of self and others—into our creative lives.

Instructor: Tina Tocco. Take the guesswork out of submissions! Learn how to research and submit your short work to literary journals and magazines with confidence. 

Instructor: Susan Nguyen. From joy to rage, grief to desire—AAPI writers are telling powerful stories. Join us to read, discuss, and create writing that resists and reclaims.

Instructor: Deborah Woodard. Let art be your muse as you write poetry and prose in response to exhibits across the city.

Instructor: Meghan Lamb. What happens when the parrot tells the story? Step into the mind of the non-human narrator in this generative craft workshop.

Instructor: Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet. Who is “you” in a poem? An invitation, an accusation, a mirror? Explore the many possibilities of second-person address in this craft-focused poetry class.

Instructor: Zain Shamoon. This class is dedicated to the role of storytelling in finding relief from distress; students will learn how to use storytelling for personal and communal reclamation.

Instructor: Elise McHugh. Know what you’re signing. Learn to decipher publishing contract terms and negotiate with confidence.

Instructor: Marci Cancio-Bello. You’ve written the poems—now what? Learn how to shape your manuscript into a compelling, cohesive collection that flows seamlessly from start to finish.

Instructor: Dilruba Ahmed. Slip into the wolf’s skin and let fairy tales reshape your poetry in this punchy, generative Poem Plus Prompt session.

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.