Events, Classes, and Seminars

In this 8 week class, we will read, explore and discuss the sequential poem in contemporary American poetry, from poets such as Lucille Clifton and Robert Hass to Sherwin Bitsui and Nam Le, and many more besides. Alongside conversations about published poetry we will build our own “mixtape” poems through a series of fun and inspiring exercises.

Writing animals in fiction is a complex, rewarding and rejuvenating process. In this six week class, students will work on several in-class writing prompts to develop both writing and research skills to render an animal presence precisely on the page.

This multigenre workshop will introduce techniques for using tarot in one’s writing practice. We’ll use tarot cards to generate new ideas and new writing through writing exercises; practice character, story, and image development using tarot symbols; learn how tarot can help us plumb the depths of our ideas; and discover how to work with the tarot from generation through revision