Polishing and Publishing Short Bites Weekly Write-In
For many authors, seeing their work in print can mean they’ve accomplished a major goal. In this ongoing class we will switch between two components, alternating weeks. Learners can choose to work on flash fiction short stories, poetry, and/or essays, as well as shift between them.
Drawing the Mirror World into Our Words: Writing the Fantastical
In this one-time class we will blend the fantasy from one side of the mirror with the reality from the other.
Queer / LGBTQ+ Literature: Then and Now Series
In each four-week, four-class series, learners will study periods of literature set in the Pre-Stonewall, Post-Stonewall, and the 21st Century eras. We will ask: what has changed in queer literature since the beginning of the 19th century? While it’s now possible to find books that feature protagonists in a wide variety of genders and sexualities, there are still obstacles for queer authors, and we will study how those obstacles have shifted and changed with the queer movement.
Queer / LGBTQ+ Literature, Then and Now: Intensives
In each week-long, four-class series, learners will study periods of literature set in the Pre-Stonewall, Post-Stonewall, and the 21st Century eras. We will ask: what has changed in queer literature since the beginning of the 19th century? While it’s now possible to find books that feature protagonists in a wide variety of genders and sexualities, there are still obstacles for queer authors, and we will study how those obstacles have shifted and changed with the queer movement.