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

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Next Chapter: Arleta Little

We're thrilled to announce our new executive director, Arleta Little! Arleta comes to us from McKnight and, prior to that, worked at the Givens Foundation for African American Literature. She is a writer and poet.

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More Than A Single Story: Place
More Than a Single Story Returns!

Join Mark Tilsen, Tou Saiko Lee, Seitu Jones, and Angela Two Stars for a conversation around how art and place intersect.  

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Winter Writing 2022
Kick Off 2022

Dozens of winter writing classes (online and in-person) to help you take the next step in your writing life.  

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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.

Learn more about our class offerings on our classes pages.

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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
Feb
20
2022
More Than A Single Story: Place
The Loft continues its collaboration with More Than A Single Story with a discussion centered around place. What does location—the block, the protest site, and so forth—have to do with art? And what can art do in those spaces? This panel brings together a diverse panel of artist activists who engage with art making in community space: Mark Tilsen, Tou Saiko Lee, Seitu Jones, and Angela Two Stars.
Apr
2
2022
Equilibrium: Asian American Voices

The Loft's long running spoken word series Equilibrium (EQ) returns with a showcase featuring Asian American artists during a disturbing era marked by a visible upswing in anti-Asian violence. This event features Tony award winning spoken word poet Beau Sia, with special guest performances by Eva Song Margolis, Cydi Like the City, and Sun Yung Shin.
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WTF is a Ballot Boy?: Or How I Found a Home for My Manuscript
On a wet, cold winter day during my third year in Venice, I ducked into the Museo Correr off St. Mark’s Square to warm myself. The vast ballroom Napoleon built in 1797 to celebrate his toppling the thousand-year-old Republic of Venice was empty.
Larry Mellman
Jan. 27
Reading Like a Writer
Quantum Girl Theory and a Twisting Metaphor
Erin Kate Ryan's novel Quantum Girl Theory starts with a true story of a missing girl, but instead of centering those left behind, the novel imagines the many different lives she may have lived. It's a beautiful book that is clever and subversive but also suspenseful.
Allison Wyss
Jan. 26
Loft Spotlights
Video Interview: Teaching Artist Bo Kaprall
Bo Kaprall is a writer for Saturday Night Live and has been a television show creator, creative director, writer, producer, and executive producer for such network series as Laverne & Shirley, Aaron Spelling's Friends, Norman Lear's Year At the Top, and countless network tv pilots.
Bo Kaprall
Jan. 21
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