Class Catalog

Instructor: Jeanine Walker. Learn specific techniques for reading and giving feedback on others’ work, as well as approaches to revise your own work. Leave with feedback on three poems and the tools to hone your writing craft beyond the classroom. 

Instructor: Sarah Dalton. Practice writing, drawing, and creative collaboration techniques developed by Lynda Barry to explore what she calls the Unthinkable Mind or Image World. 

Instructor: Jasmine Griffin. Perfect for genre-curious writers, this class invites you to experiment with the multitude of genres under the spec fic umbrella: paranormal, horror, magical realism, fabulism, surrealism, absurdism, and more. 

Instructor: Grace Bialecki. This craft crash course is designed for novelists working on their first draft: We’ll review key elements of plot structure and tackle generative exercises to help you structure your story and finish your first draft.

Instructor: Wancy Cho. In this 16-week workshop, we’ll look back on our own extraordinary experiences and practice bringing them to the page. This class includes short weekly readings and discussions but will primarily focus on workshopping.

Instructor: Sally Ashton. Let’s read through the 2024 edition of Best American Poetry together! We’ll discuss our faves and the parts we don’t get. We'll also have optional writing prompts. Readers of all levels welcome – bring a curious mind! 

Instructor: Anastacia-Reneé. Perfect for new and emerging poets, this intensive will introduce you to the poetry genre. Through close reading and workshopping, you’ll learn poetry fundamentals in a supportive cohort environment. 

Instructor: Shankar Narayan. Dive into the rich space of writings about the forest—from scientific papers to ancient poetry, from global mythology to spells—to inspire our own creative practices. Leave with new pieces, ideas, and community.

Instructor: Theo Nestor. Need to market your book but unsure of how to build your audience? Learn easy and manageable ways to approach email lists, social media, and websites. You'll leave with concrete skills to put into practice right away. 

Instructor: Ruth Joffre. Calling all sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and/or the beautifully weird in-between writers: Ready to buckle down on your WIP? This intensive cohort will give you the structure, support, and community you’ll need to get writing!

Instructor: Andrew Bell. Learn the importance character and conflict have in any scene– whether you're writing film, TV, theatre, or prose. We'll study great characters, work on characters of our own, and write and workshop scenes at the end of the day. 

Instructor: Elizabeth Villamán. Take your character from flat and forced to complex, authentic, and unforgettable in this craft-focused class. We’ll explore the emotional and psychological transformations that drive our characters—and our narrative.

Instructor: Kaelie Giffel. This class introduces students to recent feminist memoir and life-writing. You'll learn the basics of memoir’s generic conventions, how feminists have used the genre, and its political value. 

Instructor: Carolyne Wright. Explore the relationship between public events and personal transformations: over six weeks, we’ll study works that bear witness to social and political change, then reflect on urgent social contexts of our own.  

Instructor: Stephanie Barbe Hammer. Explore the structure and language of fairy tales and discover how you can use these timeless tales to inspire fresh stories rooted in the everyday moments of your own life. 

Instructor: Grace Bialecki. In this three-hour craft class, we’ll use the novel synopsis as a tool to clarify and revise your novel. We’ll study clear, compelling, and effective synopses, explore various synopsis structures, then practice crafting our own! 

Instructor: Olivia Cheng. Explore the role of disgust in contemporary short fiction and how it can be used to reveal deeper truths about life. Leave with new techniques to incorporate the icky, unsettling, and grotesque into your own work.

Instructor: Kate Carmody. Follow your curiosities and learn to excavate the self in through personal essay reading and writing. Leave with a solid first draft of your own personal essay and a toolkit for many more.  

Instructor: Monika Sengul-Jones. Pack your memories, memorabilia, journal entries, library cards, and beloved dreams. We’ll spend six weeks dissecting various structures of travel essays while writing our own. 

Instructor: Ansley Clark. Explore eroticism through the lens of pleasure and resistance in this six-week generative writing class. We’ll study erotic poems and short stories from contemporary writers, then write some poems of our own. 

Instructor: Miriam BC Tobin. An ongoing playwriting group for writers who want to share work, learn craft, and connect with other writers.

Instructor: Cara Stoddard. Cultivate a habit of turning their attention to the changing of the seasons by keeping a phenology journal. Expect to come away with two new essay starts and a toolbox of fresh techniques. 

Instructor: Kristi Coulter. Whether you’re untangling office dynamics, celebrating ambition, or finding humor in workplace chaos, this class will help you transform your work-life experiences into memorable, impactful stories. 

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.