Class Catalog

This workshop course offers a supportive environment for writers of all genres who create in the military gaze–writing about war, its impact, and military service. This class is offered with pay-what-you-can tuition.

This class will introduce students to workshopping, the craft of fiction writing, and how to build a writing practice. We'll read and discuss published work with guided writing prompts that correspond to our discussions.

This class will explore the nonfiction story through points of view, scene, reflection, and form. Using generative writing, reading, and an introduction to the workshop model, we will investigate our own personal stories.

Nature writing has roots throughout global majority cultures. In this class, we’ll read nature-centered poetry, essays, and fiction with writing prompts derived from practices that attune us to the more-than-human world.

A prominent god in the Hindu pantheon, Vishnu, the preserver, maintains cosmic balance. This generative and analytical class turns to key texts from the mythology and uses them to fuel our own diverse, electric pieces.

Our stories are a means for connection—part reportage and part reflection, personal essays reveal hidden truths about ourselves and our societies. This interactive workshop includes discussion and individual writing sessions.

In this class, students will learn about effective dialogue–natural conversation that advances plot and character depth. With small group exercises and text discussions, students will practice writing a short, dialogue-intensive scene.

For BIPOC, this class offers an overview of the publishing business. We'll discuss subverting the "white gaze", building networks of support, and writing query letters with agents and editors working to change the industry from within.

In this two-session workshop, we’ll do lots of exercises relating to desire and need that serve to strengthen relevant character backstory as well as organic forward motion in your novel or memoir.

Glorious Boy makes motherhood as far-flung a destination as a remote archipelago. In this class, we'll discuss points of craft in each week’s reading and compile field notes from our own lives in a series of optional prompts.

Whether you are a beginning poet or lover of the art, this class explores the beauty and complexity of writing and reading poetry, as well as the basics of the workshop model.

This class will explore the elements which open our eyes and create new narratives. Through the power of poetry and performance, together we will write the change we want to see in the world: Revolution, Reparations, Restoration.

This course will offer a variety of focused techniques designed to isolate and revise different elements of your writing. Each week we will focus on a different craft element such as plot, setting, and character.

Submitting to creative writing opportunities—literary journals, residencies, or grants—can be daunting. First, students will develop an artist statement and project proposal, then we'll celebrate with an interactive submission party.

This class will cover submission portals, rejection trackers, and personal goals. With discussions including examples of cover letters, students will walk away with the foundational tools to start submitting.

This workshop will explore different hybrid forms of writing based on the language we encounter in our interactions with the world around us–the loci where poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction meet.

In this discussion class, we’ll examine strategies for researching and portraying lives unlike our own. We'll work on writing exercises and discuss texts and interviews with authors who write responsibly and respectfully across elements of identity.

The people we love have a way of showing up in our fiction and nonfiction. How do we tell our truths and stay compassionate to theirs? This class will navigate the ethics and perils of writing uncomfortable truths.

This exploratory camp fosters creative writing development through an engaging mix of prose and poetry readings, craft exercises, and artistic activities. The week will culminate with a presentation of student work.

This camp immerses students in the diverse world of poetry. Examining form and technique, students will participate in writing activities, poetry readings, and imaginative exercises. The week will culminate with student presentations.

In partnership with Jack Straw Cultural Center, this camp teaches the art of radio drama. From script writing to audio mixing, students will work with a lead writer, audio engineer, and vocal coach to craft and present original projects.

This workshop teaches writers how to promote published work(editing, beta reading, book reviews). We’ll discuss which digital platforms to utilize; how to simplify content creation; and marketing via book events and more.

In this workshop, participants will craft personal experiences into a compelling and captivating story and read them aloud, examining how the written and spoken word differ with performance as another element of craft.

What if we turned missing into a form–a portal of joy, curiosity, and sorrow? This class will use the form of a "Miss You" to deepen our memories and boundless ability to make the present moment bloom into the extraordinary.