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Advanced Poetry Workshop
Amie Whittemore
Thursdays, 4 weeks
Jun 1
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Jun 22
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Fiction
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It's a Crime: Writing Layered Literary Crime Fiction
Clemintine Guirado
Tuesdays, 6 weeks
Jun 6
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Jul 11
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Word Made Flesh: Writing Sexuality & The Sacred
Meg Wade
Wednesdays, 6 weeks
Jun 7
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Jul 12
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The Personal Essay
Minda Honey
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
Jun 7
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Jun 28
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The Art of Literary Translation: For Beginners
Jenessa Abrams
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
Jun 14
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Jul 5
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Getting the Words Right: Revision Through Erasure
Trey Adams
Saturday
Jun 24
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Jun 24
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Conversation's Greatest Hits
Clemintine Guirado
Saturday
Jun 24
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Jun 24
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Multi-Genre Mix-up: Play Your Way to a Draft
Lauren Turner
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Jun 27
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Jul 18
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Jumpstart Your Novel
Heather Hasselle
Wednesdays, 6 weeks
Jun 28
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Aug 2
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Chunk: Breaking Down the Short Story
Clemintine Guirado
Thursdays, 8 weeks
Jun 29
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Aug 17
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Writing Through Illness
Jenessa Abrams
Thursdays, 6 weeks
Jun 29
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Aug 3
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Fiction
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SoulCollage® for Writers
Amy Lyles Wilson
Saturday
Jul 1
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Jul 1
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On Revision: Rewriting Your Novel
Lauren Nossett
Mondays, 6 weeks
Jul 3
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Aug 7
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Foundations of Creative Nonfiction
Christina Berke
Thursdays, 6 weeks
Jul 6
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Aug 10
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The Said and the Unsaid: Writing Your Characters Through Dialogue
Lauren Nossett
Saturday
Jul 8
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Jul 8
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Writing the Soundtrack of Our Lives
Vanessa Martir
Saturday
Jul 8
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Jul 8
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Portrait of the Artist Workshop
Matthew Vollmer
Mondays, 4 weeks
Jul 10
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Jul 31
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Writing the Body
Christina Berke
Mondays, 6 weeks
Jul 10
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Aug 14
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Writing the Short Play
Kristen Field
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
Jul 12
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Aug 2
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Romance Your Life
Minda Honey
Saturday
Jul 15
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Jul 15
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Autofiction Workshop
Nathan Knapp
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Jul 18
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Aug 8
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Do the Collapse: Writing Dystopian Fiction
Chris Clancy
Wednesdays, 6 weeks
Jul 19
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Aug 23
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Mindfully Meeting the Inner Critic
Melissa Jean
Saturday
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Jul 22
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Experimental Fiction
Nathan Knapp
Saturday
Jul 22
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Jul 22
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Self-Publishing for Absolute Beginners
Sara Holifield
Saturdays, 2 weeks
Jul 29
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Aug 5
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Epistolary Writing
Vanessa Martir
Saturday
Jul 29
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Jul 29
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Writing and the Examined Life
Katie McDougall
Sunday
Jul 30
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Jul 30
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Writing the Diary
AM Ringwalt
Tuesdays, 6 weeks
Aug 1
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Sep 5
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Horror 101: Reading, Writing, and Loving the Genre
Alex Gonzalez
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
Aug 2
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Aug 23
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A Little Order and Beauty: Writing Through Illness and Injury
Julie Sumner
Sundays, 4 weeks
Aug 6
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Aug 27
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The Art of Freelance Pitching
Christina Berke
Saturday
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Aug 12
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Idea Incubator
Lara Hughes
Saturday
Aug 12
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Aug 12
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Writing Through Grief
Vanessa Martir
Saturday
Aug 12
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Aug 12
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Writing Personal Essays that Resonate
Christie Grotheim
Mondays, 8 weeks
Aug 14
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Oct 2
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Zine-Making 101
Elise Anderson
Saturday
Aug 19
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Aug 19
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Make a Scene: Crafting Moments of Conflict in Fiction
Lara Hughes
Thursdays, 4 weeks
Aug 24
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Sep 14
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Sonic Logic: Rhythm, Repetition and Music
Lauren Turner
Thursdays, 3 weeks
Aug 24
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Sep 7
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Dive into Details: The Specifics of Sensory Imagery
Lara Hughes
Saturday
Aug 26
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Aug 26
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Storytelling as Resistance
Leslie T. Grover
Saturday
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Aug 26
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