“Personal essay takes the messy unfiltered stuff of life and molds it into something of beauty, meaning, wisdom, and hopefully, a great story,” says instructor Gila Lyons
"The journey of recovery is the Hero’s Journey,” says instructor Alison Luterman. “We search for something outside ourselves, or we are chased by our own demons and run to escape. We go to Hell; we come back from Hell with some wisdom to offer the tribe
We all have the capacity to be creative, but many of us have faced voices (external and internal) that shut down those impulses. In this one-day class, you will participate in a range of exercises to engage and embolden your creative self
“In this course,” says instructor Nate Klug, “we will create prose and poetry that puts our hearts in conversation with the divine and the ineffable. Journaling, ghazal poems, tiny stories with God as protagonist, spiritual aphorisms, and haiku—our writing exercises will help us explore some of these forms, as well as our own urgent spiritual questions and concerns
Learning the craft of writing takes a lot of time. With so many demands on your energy you’d like to take some shortcuts. You want to take the fast track to becoming a better writer. This workshop is designed to help you do just that
“The bond between poetry and place has always been crucial to me,” says instructor Nate Klug. “Nowadays more than ever, when our environments are changing in rapid, complicated ways, we need poetry to remind us how to look at where we are
To write our best, we must write from the heart. But finding which subjects mean the most to us can be difficult. Each week Jay Ridler will lead you through a series of fun, engaging, and effective exercises to help you discover and explore the deep and most compelling themes in your life
This class is for experienced nonfiction writers who are ready to take drafts from generative to gleaming, who want intensive workshop time, and who want to learn through the reading and discussion of the work of others
“Revising gives us an opportunity to see our work in a new light,” says instructor Brian Tierney. “Sometimes you take a poem off its tracks and discover a whole different route; sometimes you need to fix the wheel, or the engine, or the headlight
“Zombies. Vampires. Aliens. Heroes and villains and criminals. Worlds of wonder and dark alleys full of terrors. If these elements catch fire in your imagination, you're in good company,” says instructor Jay Ridler