Classes Workshops Gatherings

Online class with Claire Dedere

In “The Surprising Power of Vulnerability,” New York Times bestselling memoirist, critic, and writing instructor Claire Dederer expertly guides students towards saying the uncomfortable truth.

Online class with Minal Hajratwala

Diving deep to understand your true needs and how to keep making progress on your book—all the way to the end—despite the obstacles you may be facing.

Online class with Sonora Jha

A fat drop of dew holding on to the tip of a leaf can stun you with the beauty of the universe. A hot teardrop of rage can change the world. We will gather to bring such beauty and rage to our page in the form of the personal essay.

Online class with Jourdan Keith

The class looks at the connection between the larger context of the story you have to tell, and framing that story in a way that allows people to hear the vulnerable issues that are shaping our world, and hopefully, compel them to take action.

Online class with Theo Pauline Nestor

In “Structuring Your Memoir,” memoirist and award-winning writing instructor Theo Pauline Nestor will lead you through a series of writing prompts designed to ferret out the questions that underlie your writing project and that hold the key to your dilemmas around where to begin, where to end, and what to include and what to leave out.

A Generative Writing Workshop about Refusal, Agency & Transcendence

Online class with Sarah Sentilles

Join writer Sarah Sentilles for a two-hour generative writing workshop exploring miscommunication, secrets, and how language might show us a way through.

Online class with Natalie Serber

We all get in our own way. It’s important to remember that the opposite of fear is faith. Faith in ourselves, in our process, in our voices, in our unique story.

Online class with Ellen Sussman

This workshop is for writers who are ready to begin a novel or who have hit some roadblocks along the way. It would also help someone who has a fledgling idea for a novel and doesn’t know how to develop it.

Online class with Monona Wali

Structure can be elusive in crafting a memoir – there are so many stories and pieces that don’t often lend themselves to a cohesive narrative. Understanding theme is vital to organizing your material and bringing a spine to your memoir.