The Loft Literary Center

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The Loft offers year-round opportunities for readers and writers. Learn more about our latest offerings.

Writing Projects 2022
Year-Long Writing Projects

The 2023 Year-Long Writing Projects are back with Peter Geye, Carolyn Holbrook, and Gretchen Marquette. Registration is now open. 

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Narrative Power

The Loft will explore the theme of Narrative Power for the next year. Learn more and join in as we try to live up to Toni Cade Bambara's words, "The job of the writer is to make the revolution irresistible." 

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New Manuscript Editors

The Loft has added a half-dozen new manuscript editors in a variety of genres. Find an editor to help you progress your manuscript! 

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Upcoming Classes

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Loft Classes Now Open

Loft classes are offered online and in-person. All classes are designed to help you reach your goals. Explore our upcoming offerings and find your next chance to learn, connect, and grow.

Learn more about our class offerings on our classes pages.

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Upcoming Loft Events

Learn More About Loft Events

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

Upcoming Loft Events
Dec
9
2022
Courtney Faye Taylor Reading and in Conversation with Su Hwang about CONCENTRATE
Courtney Faye Taylor will read from her Cave Canem Poetry Prize–winning poetry collection, Concentrate. Su Hwang will then join Courtney in conversation around the collection that she described as “medicine, testimony, quest, anthem, balm, and seed.” 
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Reading Like a Writer
The Hole and a Late Revelation
The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun (translated by Sora Kim-Russell) is a terrifying novel told from the perspective of a person (Oghi) at the complete mercy of his caregivers. Some are careless. Some are cruel for the sport of it. Some fail to understand him. But the most frightening is his mother-in-law.
Allison Wyss
Nov. 29
The Bookish Brand
Take a Creative Inventory
The Bookish Brand launched one year ago. A few times I’ve wondered how long it may take for me to run out of topics to cover. Then I’ll encounter another person who is grappling with how to sustain a full-time writing career or an active side hustle.
Rachel Werner
Nov. 10
Loft Spotlights
Writing the Future with Our Own Hands
Eight months ago, Arleta Little joined the Loft as its executive and artistic director. With her guidance, our staff, board, and connected artists have put in a lot of sweat in thinking about what it means to live and work and build as an arts organization in this moment.
Chris Mackenzie Jones
Nov. 8
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