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Writing the Weird

September 18 - November 6, 2025, Thursdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m. (eight sessions)

$445

Life is strange. Bizarre coincidences, déjà vu, uncanny experiences, and inexplicable occurrences are perhaps all more commonplace than we readily acknowledge. Fiction allows us to ramp this strangeness up just a notch, to vibrate at the frequency of the weird without losing the emotional credibility of everyday existence. During this eight-week course we’ll read and discuss genres and craft elements like fabulism, magical realism, absurdity, unreliable narrators, trick mirror logic, and more. Through generative prompts and constructive feedback, we’ll begin to craft our own acutely surreal realities. Expect to leave with several fresh starts to weird and wonderful works.

Access Program
We want our writing classes to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and seminar tuitions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one access spot available.

Please apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions.

Liaison position
Every in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison position. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you are a liaison for a class or seminar, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts.

Apply here for the liaison position.

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Rachel Attias

Rachel Attias

Rachel Attias is a writer, educator, and editor from the Hudson River Valley of New York, though she now calls Portland home. Her writing has appeared in n+1Porter House ReviewPortland ReviewColumbia Journal and more, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Best Small Fictions. She holds an MFA from Oregon State UniversityHer writing and her heart are concerned with relationships both present and ancestral, memory, time, everyday absurdity and, above all, humor.
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