Class Catalog

Instructor: Naa Akua. Between the hustle of daily life, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s actually important to us: learn to get back in touch with your writing and your self through meditation, reflection, and writing exercises.

Instructor: Ann Hedreen. Explore ways to speculate and imagine when memory isn’t enough—and how we can let our readers know when we’re doing so. We’ll study writers who do this well and borrow some of their techniques to use in our own writing. 

Instructor: Amy Zhang. Blur the boundaries between reality and fiction, and use your real-life experiences to inspire your fictional stories in this generative, craft-focused workshop. 

Instructor: Theo Nestor. Explore the fundamentals of story structure and do activities designed to help you find the shape of your memoir in this two-hour generative craft class. 

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

VISITING ARTIST: MARK DOTY. The best memoirs center on questions, what the speaker seeks to know and understand. How did you become the person who could tell this story? Celebrated poet and memoirist Mark Doty takes you through a series of writing exercises intended to help you get at the sensory, physical aspects of memory, build characters, and compose short scenes that may well become the basis of a completed memoir.

Instructor: Elise McHugh. Mystified by the world of publishing? Learn the publishing options available to you & your manuscript in this three-week publishing intensive. Walk away with a plan to take your manuscript from submission to book deal. 

Instructor: Shankar Narayan. Dive deep into the philosophies and practicalities of line breaks and empty space in this three-week craft intensive. Deconstruct conventional wisdom and imagine new possibilities for line breaks and space in your poetry.

Instructor: Kimberly Lee. In this generative writing class, we’ll engage with lost and unusual words, using them to take our writing in new and unexpected directions. Leave with several writing starts and fresh approaches to your creative projects.

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

Instructor: Rosario López. Tap into the power of observation and perspective to find inspiration anywhere in this generative writing and craft class. Perfect for writers of all levels looking to develop their observational eye and creative style. 

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

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

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

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

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

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