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Fiction
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Foundations of Fiction
Loie Rawding
Wednesdays
Jan 13
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Mar 3
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Nonfiction
Foundations of Creative Nonfiction
Yurina Yoshikawa
Thursdays
Jan 14
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Mar 4
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Fiction
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Immigrants Write
Nina Adel
Mondays
Jan 25
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Mar 15
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Poetry
American Bodies and Political Poems
Meg Wade
Thursdays
Feb 4
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Mar 11
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Power of the Pen: Antiracism Through Writing (Applications closed.)
Metro Arts, The Porch, Crossroads
Saturday, February 6; Mondays
Feb 6
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Mar 15
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Poetry
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Writing the Fragment
AM Ringwalt
Saturdays
Feb 13
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Mar 6
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Poetry
Advanced Poetry Workshop
Gary McDowell
Tuesdays
Mar 2
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Apr 6
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Rinse. Repeat. And Revise: Narrative Nonfiction Real Time Revision
Minda Honey
Wednesdays
Mar 3
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Mar 31
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You are the Protagonist: Memory and Memoir
Sheree L. Greer
Thursdays
Mar 4
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Mar 25
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In The Beginning
Michael McRay
Saturday
Mar 13
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Fiction
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Totally '80's: Radical Techniques for Character Development
Lydia Peelle
Saturday
Mar 13
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Draft Chat — March 15
Monday
Mar 15
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Fiction
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Humor and Play
Carla Diaz
Tuesdays
Mar 16
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Apr 6
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Tiny Fables and Other Everyday Magic
Catherine Moore
Saturday
Mar 20
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Youth
Collaborative Writing: Grades 6-8
AM Ringwalt
Saturday
Mar 20
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Mar 20
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Youth
Writing Big Events: Grades 9-12
Yurina Yoshikawa
Saturday
Mar 20
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Mar 20
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Poetry
Where Poetry Begins: The Art of the First Line
Anders Carlson-Wee
Monday
Mar 22
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Writing Sex and the Body Honestly: An Intensive
Natalie Lima
Saturday
Mar 27
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Inviting the Reader In, Saying Goodbye at the Door: Poetic Manners
Major Jackson
Saturday
Mar 27
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Mar 27
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Youth
Alien Encounters: Grades 3-5
Yurina Yoshikawa
Saturday
Mar 27
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Mar 27
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Writing Clearly in a Chaotic World
Simon Han
Sunday
Mar 28
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Introduction to Flash Creative Nonfiction
Susannah Felts
Wednesdays
Mar 31
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May 5
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Building Worlds
Mathangi Subramanian
Saturday
Apr 3
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Storytelling 101: A Beginner's Guide to Writing and Telling True Stories
Michael McRay
Saturday
Apr 3
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Time in Fiction
Ginger Eager
Thursdays
Apr 8
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May 13
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Intermediate Creative Nonfiction
Yurina Yoshikawa
Thursdays
Apr 8
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May 27
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Writing the Body
Mathangi Subramanian
Saturday
Apr 10
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The Porch Visiting Writers Series presents Writing Is A Mindset: How Your Success is Tied to How You Think with Deesha Philyaw
Deesha Philyaw
Saturday
Apr 10
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Poetry
The Living Image: Creating Images that Move
Anders Carlson-Wee
Monday
Apr 12
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Shake The Dust: Generative Poetic Practices
Tyler Friend
Mondays
Apr 12
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May 17
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Writing the Seasons: Spring
Melissa Jean
Saturday
Apr 17
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Apr 24
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Writing for Recovery
Kate Daniels
Saturdays
Apr 17
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May 8
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Youth
Creative Translations: Grades 6-8
AM Ringwalt
Saturday
Apr 17
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Apr 17
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Youth
The Power of Multiple You: Grades 9-12
Ciona Rouse
Saturday
Apr 17
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Apr 17
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Draft Chat — April 19
Monday
Apr 19
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Youth
Invitation to the Feast: Grades 3-5
Madelin Parsley
Saturday
Apr 24
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Apr 24
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Finding Your YA Voice
Stewart Lewis
Wednesdays
Apr 28
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Jun 2
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Nonfiction
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The Porch Visiting Writers Series presents Who Else? Research and The Personal Essay with Belle Boggs
Belle Boggs
Saturday
May 1
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So You Want To Write A Picture Book
Lisa Bubert
Saturday
May 15
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Youth
Write What You Don't Know: Grades 9-12
Ciona Rouse
Saturday
May 15
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May 15
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Draft Chat — May 17
Monday
May 17
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