Class Catalog

Instructor: Leonora Simonovis. In this workshop, we will read and discuss poems written by Black and Indigenous writers of color about the nonhuman world to understand how their work brings to life the complex relationship between land, history, language, and self, and then generate work inspired by these poets.

Instructor: Kathryn Petruccelli. What we read can excite us, anger us, or stir new ideas. Did you know you can talk back to other writers through your own poems? Poets do it all the time! In this workshop, we'll look at a variety of poems that use other writing as their point of inspiration.

Instructor: Amanda Montei. Each week we will discuss essays by Silvia Federici and write through somatic prompts based on the concepts we study. Our reading and writing will be inspired by housework, mothering, creative production, witchcraft, sexuality and more.

Instructor: Tess Taylor. In this class, we'll develop actionable strategies for dreaming and writing the poems that are missing from your manuscript-in-progress. Engage in reading, generative exercises, and collaborative editing, with the goal of completing the book of poems inside you.

Instructor: Liza Birnbaum. How can we delve deeper into texts that feel mysterious, thorny, or complex? In this class, we’ll experiment with hands-on practices—annotation, structural mapping, and more—that open up new understandings of what’s on the page and what might come next.

Instructor: Kimberly Lee. This exploratory workshop is designed to help writers determine their personal thematic by distinguishing which topics resonate most. We’ll engage with imaginative prompts, including an exercise in which participants will analyze their film favorites.

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.