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Writing Grief
Saturdays: Apr 5 - May 3
12 - 2 p.m. EST
$400
We’re writing in a time of collective grief. There’s an ongoing health crisis, a deeply divided political climate, an aching planet, and through it all, each of us is moving deeply personal mountains that no one else can see. How do we show up to the page when we don’t want to get out of bed? How do we find language for the loss, the fear, the sadness, the gutpunch, the thing we can’t put down?
Writing the Experimental Essay
Tuesdays: May 6 - June 3
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. EST
$400
This class argues that the more we remember how crucial experiments are to the ways we work, the more vibrant and active we can be as artists. Experiments can shake you out of a rut, clarify your mission, and detach your work from harmful institutional expectations. And on top of that, they can be very, very cool.
Past Courses
2025
GENERATING THE PERSONAL ESSAY with BRIAN BENSON
BUSINESS OF FREELANCING with ALI FRANCIS
featuring Jess Tran, Elyse Inamine, & Chloé CaldwellWRITING PEOPLE: THE ART OF PROFILE & BIOGRAPHY with MAYUKH SEN
featuring Doreen St. Félix, Jiayang Fan, Julie Phillips, & Julianna Escobedo ShepherdNONFICTION RE-VISION INTENSIVE with MARGO STEINES
WRITING MOTHERHOOD with RACHEL YODER
featuring Lidia Yuknavitch, Michelle Tea, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson & Rivka Galchen
2024
HYBRID MEMOIR with LILLY DANCYGER
featuring Nicole Chung, Elissa Washuta, Jeanna Kadlec, & Chelsea BiondolilloNAVIGATING LITERARY PUBLICITY with LAUREN CERAND
featuring Dan Sinykin, Kathleen Schmidt, Sonya Chung, & Andre BanksRESEARCH FOR WRITERS with JULIA COOKE
featuring Álvaro Enrigue, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, May Jeong, & Jerry SaltzSCRAPPY: HOW TO BUILD AN ALTERNATIVE LITERARY LIFE with CHLOÉ CALDWELL
featuring Courtney Maum, Alex Alberto, M. M. Carrigan, & Lidia YuknavitchWRITING ABOUT FAMILY with MARGO STEINES
featuring Safiya Sinclair, Maggie Smith, Dani Shapiro, & Casey Gerald
WRITING FOOD with ALI FRANCIS
featuring Bettina Makalintal, Mayukh Sen, Jaya Saxena, & Alicia KennedyWRITING THE MODERN LOVE ESSAY with LAVINIA SPALDING
featuring Susan Yoon, Kevin Renn, Staceyann Chin, & Miya LeeWRITING MOTHERHOOD with RACHEL YODER
featuring Angela Garbes, Louisa Hall, Sabrina Orah Mark, & Erika MorilloWRITING TRAUMA with MARGO STEINES
featuring Stacey Ramsower, Athena Dixon, T Kira Māhealani Madden, & Lacy M. JohnsonWRITING THIS WARMING WORLD with MEERA SUBRAMANIAN
featuring Emily Raboteau, Helen Macdonald, Elizabeth Rush, & J. Drew Lanham
2023
HYBRID MEMOIR with LILLY DANCYGER
featuring Melissa Febos, Esmé Weijun Wang, Jeannie Vanasco, & Tyrese L. ColemenWRITING THE BODY with MARGO STEINES
& featuring Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Melissa Febos, Natalie Lima, & Leslie Jamison
2022
HOW TO BEGIN with LESLIE JAMISON & COLLEEN KINDER