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Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Essay, Writing for Performance

Words that Stick: The Art of the Writer’s Newsletter

Instructor: Monika Sengul-Jones. Finally get your writer newsletter up and running! Learn strategies for engaging your readers, meeting goals, and marketing yourself and your work. Leave with your newsletter set up and an actionable plan for next steps. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: February 22, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Writing for Performance

New Poetry Now

Instructor: Christine Kwon. How are today's poets writing? We'll look at the fresh, innovative writing of poets working today and write based off our readings. This class is open to all, including those new to reading and writing poetry. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 4 sessions
Start: February 24, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Poetry

The Child Within: Healing Through Personal Storytelling

Instructor: Teré Fowler-Chapman. Engage with your inner child through creative writing and personal storytelling. We'll read and write toward healing and emerge with tools that will help us foster lifelong grace and a more profound sense of self.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 4 sessions
Start: February 25, 2025 , 7:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Memoir, Writing for Performance

Poetic Memoir: Self, Memory, Truth

Instructor: Jessica Gigot. What happens when the intimacy and imagery of poetry influence prose? We'll read poets who've crossed over into memoir and practice and write, moving between the two forms. Leave with increased lyricism in your prose.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: March 1, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Writing for Performance

Minding Our Ps and Q: Pitch, Proposal, Query

Instructor: Elise McHugh. Planning to publish a book? Learn the essentials: crafting an elevator pitch, writing effective query letters, and building a strong, cohesive book proposal. Ideal for writers with a completed or in-progress book-length project. 

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 4 sessions
Start: March 1, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Writing for Performance

South Asian Poetry Forms: Ghazals

Instructor: Shankar Narayan. Explore the enchanting world of the ghazal, a lyrical South Asian poetic form celebrated for its elegant lyricism, sharp wit, and heartrending emotion, through close reading and generative writing. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: March 8, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Memoir, Young Adult/Children's Lit, Novel, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

How to Write About Friendship (without Losing Friends)

Instructor: Steve Almond. Friendships form the most significant relationships in our lives, saving and sometimes sinking us. We’ll look at the work of masters such as Margaret Atwood and Ann Patchett, then put what we’ve learned into practice.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: March 8, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Poetry

How to Read a Poem

Instructor: Jeanine Walker. Learn the art of performing poetry aloud in this one-day craft-focused class. We'll study readings by contemporary poets and hone our ears for sound and rhythm. This class includes an invitation to read at a class reading.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: March 15, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Memoir, Young Adult/Children's Lit, Novel, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

How to Master Chronology & Structure

A fast-paced class that will help writers manage chronology and structure!

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: March 22, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Writing for Performance

South Asian Poetry Forms: Qawwalis

Instructor: Shankar Narayan. Explore the ethereal world of the qawwali, an ecstatic form of Sufi devotional music that evokes oneness with the divine. Over four hours, we’ll study qawwalis past and present, then do some inspired writing our own.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: March 22, 2025 , 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: November 20, 2025 , - PT
Format: Online Asynchronous