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Workshop

These are typically generative classes, in which students create new work in class or based on assignments, or students submit work to receive constructive critique from the instructor and fellow students. Workshops are typically (but not always) multi-session classes.

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Upcoming Classes & Workshops

Poetry
4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, & 6/1

Poetry Writing & Revision

$
240
/
$
160
For Members
FREE!
With:
Kisha Nicole Foster
Class Level:
Intermediate
In this Critical Response Process workshop, learn poetic forms, meter, and revision strategies.
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Multigenre
4/17, 5/1, 5/15, 5/29

Grief & Catharsis: Writing It Out in the Pandemic

$
120
/
$
80
For Members
FREE!
With:
Michelle R. Smith
Class Level:
Intermediate
Release and ritualize your pandemic grief with readings and writing prompts inspired by authors Jesmyn Ward, Victoria Chang, Joan Didion, and Pamela Sneed.
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Reader Series
4/20, 5/4, 5/18

Reading Contemporary Poetry

$
90
/
$
60
For Members
FREE!
With:
Multiple Instructors
Class Level:
All Levels
Learn more about contemporary poetry through conversation and writing prompts based on readings by authors Ada Limon, Ross Gay, and Li-Young Lee.
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Poetry
4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27

Write the Beats: A Workshop of Beat Poetry Prompts

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Ray McNiece
Class Level:
Intermediate
Write inspired poetry using prompts based on the work of prominent beat era poets, including Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Kaufman, and Kerouac.
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Fiction
5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24

Advanced Fiction Writing

$
120
/
$
80
For Members
FREE!
With:
Kevin P. Keating
Class Level:
Advanced
This intensive workshop teaches you steps to creating a successful manuscript, giving special attention to the importance of editing and revision.
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Poetry
5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25

The Brave New Work: Writing Inspired Poetry

$
120
/
$
80
For Members
FREE!
With:
Michelle R. Smith
Class Level:
All Levels
Draw from the innovative collections of poets like Franny Choi, Natalie Diaz, Patricia Lockwood, and Claudia Rankine to create your own brave new work.
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Writing Process
5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26

Developing a Writing Habit - May 2021 (FULL)

$
120
/
$
80
For Members
FREE!
With:
Darlene Montonaro
Class Level:
All Levels
Showing up to write isn't half the battle - it is the battle.
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Nonfiction
5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3, 6/10

Writing Out Loud

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Dana Norris
Class Level:
All Levels
Turn off your inner critic and turn up your creative juices. Become a magnetic storyteller. Learn how to create, edit, and perform your own stories.
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Nonfiction
5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27

In Advance of the Broken Essay: Formal Explorations in Nonfiction

$
120
/
$
80
For Members
FREE!
With:
Zach Peckham
Class Level:
Intermediate
In this generative workshop, question, explore, and attempt nonfiction writing beyond the traceable contours of narrative, rhetoric, and argument.
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Nonfiction
5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16

The Art of the Personal Essay

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Scott Lax
Class Level:
Intermediate
In this intermediate workshop, you will do close readings, complete generative exercises, talk craft, and complete a first draft of an essay
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Writing Process
6/2

Introduction to Developing a Writing Habit - June 2021

$
30
/
$
20
For Members
FREE!
With:
Darlene Montonaro
Class Level:
All Levels
Showing up to write isn't half the battle - it is the battle.
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Fiction
6/3, 6/10 & 6/17

Read Like a Writer: Translated Treasures

$
90
/
$
60
For Members
FREE!
With:
Fatima Al Matar
Class Level:
Intermediate
Explore translated treasures and apply the techniques, imagery, and ideas used by foreign authors our own short stories.
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Writing Process
6/3

Bring Fun into Your Writing with Tarot Cards

$
30
/
$
20
For Members
FREE!
With:
Alex DiFrancesco
Class Level:
Intermediate
This is a class for intermediate writers already working on a project and feeling stuck with character development.
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Writing Process
6/7, 6/14, 6/21 & 6/28

Story Through Improv - June 2021

$
120
/
$
80
For Members
FREE!
With:
Matt Larsen
Class Level:
​Emerging
Learn to bypass your inner critic using the techniques of improvisation, mapping your experiences and turning seeming mistakes into gems.
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Poetry
6/8, 6/15, 6/22 & 6/29

Poetry as an Agent of Social Change - June 2021

$
120
/
$
80
For Members
FREE!
With:
Vince Robinson
Class Level:
All Levels
The class examines the role of poetry in the social justice movement and provides participants with the opportunity to write, perform and possibly publish.
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Poetry
6/14, 6/21 & 6/28

There's No "I" in Poetry: Exploring Creative Ways to Begin a Poem

$
90
/
$
60
For Members
FREE!
With:
Kelly Harris-DeBerry
Class Level:
​Emerging
Too often a writer enters a poem in the same eye-witnessing way, using "I" to begin. This class will provide you with different strategies for beginning a poem.
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Fiction
6/23, 6/30, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21 & 7/28

Hard Science Fiction: Hard Can Be Easy

$
150
/
$
100
For Members
FREE!
With:
Marie Vibbert
Class Level:
Intermediate
Explore how to turn the theories of today into visions of the near future.
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Fiction
6/23, 6/30, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21 & 7/28

The Art of the Short Story - June-July 2021

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Scott Lax
Class Level:
All Levels
In this immersive fiction class, you can explore your imagination in new and creative ways.
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