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Class Catalog

There’s a class for everyone.

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.

Nonfiction, Poetry, Essay

The Visual Essay: Experiments in Form

Instructor: Gabriela Denise Frank. In this generative course, we’ll experiment with different models and create image/text hybrids, concrete poems, and docupoetic essays. 

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Level: Intermediate
Length: 6 sessions
Start: February 1, 2024 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Essay

For BIPOC | Revolutionary Mothering: At the Intersections

Instructor: Aimee Suzara. This class is inspired by the anthology Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines. We will read, discuss, and write at the intersections of identity, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and more.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 4 sessions
Start: February 2, 2024 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Poetry

For BIPOC | Ecopoetics: Through the Lens of Brown & Green

Instructor: Marguerite Harrold. In this class, we will explore the ways in which people of color write about the natural world, including relationships to the land, traditional cultural practices, herbal healing, and more.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: February 3, 2024 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Language, Beauty, & Truth

Instructor: Noah Zanella. This generative seminar examines the various relationships between language, beauty, and truth, responding to questions such as, "Can beauty save us?", and "Is the truth beautiful?."

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 6 sessions
Start: February 6, 2024 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Writing the Body

Instructor: Meghan Lamb. This course will examine body-centered prose and explore the merits of engaging deeply with illness, bodily change, and bodily difference.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 6 sessions
Start: February 10, 2024 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Poetry

The Love Poem to the Self

Instructor: Lauren Davis. In this generative poetry workshop, participants will write love poems to the self.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: February 12, 2024 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Beyond the Book Form: Text, Image, Etc.

Instructor: Molly Schaeffer. Looking at a range of work that combines writing and visual art, we will challenge the idea of the book while also creating and discussing our process, investigating alternative forms such as chapbooks, artist books, zines, and more.

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Level: Intermediate
Length: 6 sessions
Start: February 15, 2024 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Poetry

Writing with the Furious Flower Poets

Instructor: Anastacia-Reneé. This generative class will explore the work of poets from Furious Flower, the nation's first academic center for Black poetry, engaging with each poet's voice, interrogating format and structure, and much more.

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Length: 6 sessions
Start: February 15, 2024 , 7:10pm PT
Format: Online
Nonfiction, Poetry, Memoir

Letters of Love

Instructor: Naa Akua. In this class, we will set our intentions to engage love as a "practice," through writing epistolary poems, journal prompts, and mini memoirs.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 6 sessions
Start: February 15, 2024 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Venturing Beyond the Hero’s Journey

Instructor: Kimberly Lee. This class will investigate the narratives that go beyond the traditional hero's journey—the heroine's journey, the journey of integrity, the seeker's journey, the healing journey, and others—through their appearance in literature, film, poetry and more!

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Level: Intermediate, Introductory
Length: 5 sessions
Start: February 20, 2024 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Escribir el duelo (en español)

Instructora: Rosario López. En este taller, estudiaremos el duelo en la literatura, veremos las maneras en que lo abordaron otros autores y aprenderemos modos para crear arte con lo perdido.

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Level: Introductory, Intermediate
Length: 1 session
Start: February 24, 2024 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Poetry, The Writing Life

Think Like an Editor, Publish Your Poetry

Instructor: Natasha Moni. Develop publication and marketing strategies with a former editor and award-winning poet, published in seventy markets including Indiana Review, VERSE, and [PANK].

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Level: Intermediate
Length: 1 session
Start: February 24, 2024 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Poetry, The Writing Life

Turning Rejected Poems into Acceptances

Instructor: Jose Hernandez Diaz. This workshop will guide writers through the revision and submission process in poetry and prose poetry, exploring revision strategies such as condensed language, musicality, form, to submission strategies, rejection rates, and more.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 4 sessions
Start: February 27, 2024 , 7:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Symphony of Words: Melody & Cadence

Instructor: Alyse Knorr. This class for writers of all genres and levels offers a crash course in how to control the rhyme, rhythm, and meter of your writing for maximum sonic impact. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 4 sessions
Start: February 29, 2024 , 7:10pm PT
Format: Online
Poetry, Reading

I Don’t Get It: Reading Poetry Together

Instructor: Sally Ashton. This class will use the new 2023 edition of Best American Poetry to offer insight, inspiration, and a supportive place for inquiry as you become familiar with contemporary poetry.

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Level: Introductory, Intermediate
Length: 4 sessions
Start: March 4, 2024 , 7:10pm PT
Format: Online
Poetry

Superhero Poetics

Instructor: Cynthia Manick. In this craft talk and workshop, participants will explore and generate their own creation myths through direct address, confessional poems, and persona.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: March 6, 2024 , 5:00pm PT
Format: In Person
Poetry

Expand Your Language

Instructor: Kaveh Bassiri. This class will explore techniques for writing and revising poems to animate our work with new and distinct language.

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Level: Introductory, Intermediate
Length: 2 sessions
Start: March 20, 2024 , 6:00pm PT
Format: Online
Poetry, The Writing Life

Assemble Your Poetry Manuscript

Instructor: Jennifer Perrine. This class will offer methods for assembling a poetry collection, including exercises to help you identify themes, experiment with sequence and structure, and recognize opportunities for further development.

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Level: Intermediate
Length: 1 session
Start: March 23, 2024 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Nonfiction, Poetry, Memoir, Essay

Ancestors Calling: Divining Family Narratives

Instructor: Darien Hsu Gee. As writers, our ancestral history breathes through our bodies and appears on the written page; this class will explore ancestors both known and unknown through micro narratives and prose poems.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: March 23, 2024 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Memoir, Novel, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

Writer’s Welcome Kit

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.

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Level: Open to all levels
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Start: September 30, 2024 , 12:00am PT
Format: Online Asynchronous