Class Catalog

Instructor: Kate Carmody. Follow your curiosities and learn to excavate the self in through personal essay reading and writing. Leave with a solid first draft of your own personal essay and a toolkit for many more.  

Instructor: Beth Slattery. Turn fear into fuel and fill the blank page—this class helps writers push past doubt, build confidence, and generate 25 pages toward their project.

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: Kimberly Lee. Explore the seven principles of sleight of hand, then apply it to your writing! Perfect for new writers wanting to subvert, surprise, and delight their readers, and for writers looking to make writing feel like magic again. 

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

Instructor: Danielle Hayden. Break into freelance writing with confidence—learn how to craft pitches, connect with editors, and get your work published in newspapers, magazines, and online.

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: Miriam BC Tobin. An ongoing playwriting group for writers who want to share work, learn craft, and connect with other writers.

Instructor: Kimberly Dark. Not always the hero? Tackle your worst flaws, mistakes, and taboo topics with nuance and depth in this generative craft class.

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: Geraldine Woods. The smallest details tell the biggest stories. Learn how to craft vivid, unforgettable characters in this hands-on craft class.

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.

Instructor: Miriam BC Tobin. An ongoing playwriting group for writers who want to share work, learn craft, and connect with other writers.

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.