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Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Writing for Performance

What Will Be/Our Becoming: The Human, the Mind-Body, and Technology

Instructor: Shankar Narayan. Explore the relationship between the mind-body and technology in this reading and generative writing course: What makes us who we are, when AI is drawing closer to thinking as we do? 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 3 sessions
Start: October 5, 2024 , 10:00 am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Memoir, Young Adult/Children's Lit, Novel, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

Writing Sense-ibly

Instructor: Geraldine Woods. Explore creative ways to recognize and communicate sensory details in your writing. You’ll leave with a toolkit to translate sights, sounds, smells, and other tactile information into expressive, captivating language. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: October 5, 2024 , 10:00 am PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, The Writing Life, Memoir, Novel, Short Story, Essay

Daytime Prose Workshop

Instructor: Anca Szilágyi. Stuck? Get feedback and a fresh perspective on your work in progress in this 10-week online workshop for prose writers of all genres. Leave with thoughtful feedback and a roadmap to push your writing forward.

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 10 sessions
Start: October 9, 2024 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Poetry, The Writing Life

Erasure: Anything Can Be Poetry

Instructor: Leigh Sugar. Erasure poetry is equal parts poetry, visual art, and mad lab experimentation. In this generative reading and writing course, we’ll explore the world of erasure in its infinite possibilities. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 6 sessions
Start: October 12, 2024 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Writing for Performance

SLIDING SCALE: Write Your Way: Creating a Writing Practice

Instructor: Grace Bialecki. Plan your perfect writing routine—and actually do it! In this 3-hour, sliding scale class, you’ll develop strategies to cultivate a writing practice and help you finish projects in a way that works for your lifestyle.  

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Level: Introductory
Length: 1 session
Start: October 12, 2024 , 1:10 pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Short Story, Writing for Performance

Writing Weird Works

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.

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Level: Introductory, Intermediate
Length: 6 sessions
Start: October 15, 2024 , 7:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Writing for Performance

SLIDING SCALE: Weaving the Personal & the Political: Rick Barot’s ‘The Galleons’

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. 

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Level: Introductory
Length: 1 session
Start: October 15, 2024 , 5:00 pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Memoir, Novel, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

Reading As Writers: A Close Reading Course

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.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 6 sessions
Start: October 19, 2024 , 10:00 am PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Writing for Performance

Writing Alongside Lord Byron

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.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 6 sessions
Start: October 19, 2024 , 1:10pm PT
Format: In Person
The Writing Life

Journaling for Writers

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. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 8 sessions
Start: October 19, 2024 , 10:00am PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Memoir, Essay, Writing for Performance

Revolutionary Mothering: At the Intersections

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. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 4 sessions
Start: October 21, 2024 , - PT
Format: Online Asynchronous
Fiction, Nonfiction, The Writing Life, Writing for Performance

Writing the Comedy Pilot

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. 

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Level: Introductory, Intermediate
Length: 6 sessions
Start: October 22, 2024 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Writing for Performance

Assemble Your Poetry Manuscript

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. 

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 1 session
Start: October 26, 2024 , 10:00 am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Short Story, Writing for Performance

Inciting Joy: Reading & Learning from Ross Gay

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. 

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Level: Introductory, Intermediate
Length: 4 sessions
Start: October 28, 2024 , 5:00 pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Writing for Performance

Reading the Female Gaze I

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. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 6 sessions
Start: November 4, 2024 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Poetry, The Writing Life

Motivation and Meditation I

Instructor: Naa Akua. Between the hustle of daily life, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s actually important to us: learn to get back in touch with your writing and your self through meditation, reflection, and writing exercises.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 6 sessions
Start: November 7, 2024 , 5:00 pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Memoir, Young Adult/Children's Lit, Novel, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

Autofiction: When Reality Meets Fiction

Instructor: Amy Zhang. Blur the boundaries between reality and fiction, and use your real-life experiences to inspire your fictional stories in this generative, craft-focused workshop. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 4 sessions
Start: November 12, 2024 , 7:10 pm PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Writing for Performance

Starting the Search for a Publisher

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. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 3 sessions
Start: November 23, 2024 , 10:00 am PT
Format: In Person
The Writing Life

SLIDING SCALE: Using Strange Words to Inspire Unusual Writing

Instructor: Kimberly Lee. In this generative writing class, we’ll engage with lost and unusual words, using them to take our writing in new and unexpected directions. Leave with several writing starts and fresh approaches to your creative projects.

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Level: Introductory
Length: 1 session
Start: December 7, 2024 , 10:00 am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Writing for Performance

The Writer’s Eye

Instructor: Rosario López. Tap into the power of observation and perspective to find inspiration anywhere in this generative writing and craft class. Perfect for writers of all levels looking to develop their observational eye and creative style. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: December 14, 2024 , 10:00 am PT
Format: Online