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The Loft offers far more than award-winning writing classes. Learn more about our latest offerings below.

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Wordplay 2021 is Here!

Full lineup and schedule now available for the free, virtual festival presented by St. Catherine University and Star Tribune. Lineup includes Hanif Abdurraqib, Alison Bechdel, Helen Oyeyemi, Chelsea Clinton, Dean Koontz, and dozens more.

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Summer Youth!

The Loft's Young Writers' Program returns for another year. This summer will be entirely virtual. Join us for an engaging, creative, and collaborative summer of writing, storytelling, and fun!

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Wordplay 2021

The Loft's Wordplay 2021 is back! We've just announced some preliminary authors including a collaboration with Bay Area Book Festival who are presenting Kazuo Ishiguro and Yaa Gyasi in conversation. Ticket information now available.

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Upcoming Classes

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Loft Classes Now Open

During this global health crisis, Loft creative writing classes take place entirely online. Some classes are offered via live video conferencing while others are offered in weekly, flexible segments. All classes are designed to help you reach your goals. Explore our upcoming offerings and find your next chance to learn, connect, and grow.

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Upcoming Loft Events

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The Loft hosts numerous events throughout the year. Take a look at our upcoming offerings and plan your next visit.

Upcoming Loft Events
Apr
29
2021
Pastries, Poetry, and Prose: Alissa Nutting
Join the Loft for a special new online series: Poetry, Prose, and Pastries. Featuring acclaimed authors, we'll dig into all things delicious, whether we're talking about books, baked goods, or both. Each hour-long session will begin with a chat about favorite treats and desserts, followed by discussion of emerging and under-the-radar literary artists, craft talk, and a Q&A with the live online audience. This event will feature Alissa Nutting.
May
2
2021
Wordplay 2021 Enhanced Ticket
The Loft's Wordplay 2021 is coming May 2-8! Sign up today for your enhanced ticket to the event.
May
2
2021
Wordplay 2021 Enhanced Ticket with Ishiguro
The Loft's Wordplay 2021 is coming May 2-8! This enhanced ticket is now sold out.
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Wordplay 2021 Debut(ish) Titles
See some new faces in the Wordplay 2021 lineup? This year’s festival features several debut and up-and-coming authors who we’re so excited to share with you. To guide you as you explore these less-familiar faces, we’ve connected each new author with several books in similar styles.
Christine Stevens
Apr. 6
Reading Like a Writer
Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear and Emergent Dialogue
Matthew Salesses's Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear is a novel about doubling and disappearing. It's funny and frightening and sad. It's also very much interested in what is real and what is imagined, what is said out loud and what is merely thought.
Allison Wyss
Mar. 18
Loft Spotlights
Video Interview: Teaching Artist Maria Burns Ortiz
Maria Burns Ortiz is a bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and video game studio founder. Her book My Fight/Your Fight with Ronda Rousey hit No. 5 on the New York Times list, was named U.K. Sports Book of the Year, and has been translated into nine languages.
Maria Burns Ortiz
Mar. 17
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