Long-time writer or just getting started? Writing an epic poem or a short story? Whoever you are and wherever your passions lie—if you want to write, there’s a Hugo House class for you. Explore our catalog and find yours.
When we say we want our classes to be for everyone, we mean it.
Instructor: Eugenia Toledo, Carolyne Wright. Poets and translators Eugenia Toledo and Carolyne Wright will share translations from several Chilean poets and present poems from Eugenia's award-winning bilingual volume, Map Traces, Blood Traces.
Instructor: Mary Adkins. This one-day workshop will cover the fundamentals of starting a novel and cover what makes an opening hook the reader.
Instructor: Molly Schaeffer. Combining generative exercises, workshops, and notable examples, we’ll investigate the relationship between writers/artists and their notebooks, and ask how our notebooks can feed our creative work and even be the creative work itself.
Instructor: Tina Tocco. This class is geared towards writing for ages 8–12 and offers opportunity for writers to workshop, analyze published work, delve into the revision process, and participate in in-class writing.
Instructor: Gail Folkins. Through readings, discussion, and writing practice, writers will explore the triptych or fragmented form as a new way to create meaning.
Instructor: Joe Wilkins. In this generative lesson, we’ll read several examples from both fiction and nonfiction, and ultimately highlight four strategies for crafting strong beginnings and endings.
Instructor: Alli Parrett. Each week, we will analyze a short story by Lauren Groff and examine how she's mastered writing complex, multi-dimensional characters, specifically women.
Instructor: Michele Simms-Burton. In this course, we will examine portraiture of diverse people. We will use writing prompts to engage with the images in our attempt to write beyond stereotypes.
Instructor: Sarah Dalton. This two-class craft intensive will read and explore the complexity of human sense perception, with writing exercises that practice traditional senses and also explore beyond the big five.
Instructor: Michele Simms-Burton. This class will delve deep into the structure of Toni Morrison's masterpiece, Beloved, focusing on themes of loss, violence, memory, and healing.
Instructor: Kimberly Lee. Invite play into your writing! Through unusual and imaginative writing exercises, we'll engage all of our senses, experiencing a shift in perspective that will open doorways of inspiration.
Instructor: Stephanie Hammer. This class is a three-hour playground of generative writing geared toward poets and nonfiction writers who want to tell a story but are terrified of things like "plot," "action," and something called "raising the stakes."
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