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

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Year-Long Writing Projects

The 2023 Year-Long Writing Projects are back with Peter Geye, Nicole Helget, and Gretchen Marquette. Free info sessions, Access Funding applications, registration info, and program details. 

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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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Loft One-on-Ones

Did you know you can sign up to meet with a coach online to talk through your writing and publishing questions? Find out more. 

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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

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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
Oct
18
2022
Loft Member Meetup
Loft members make magic happen! Come make some bookish buddies at our members social hour.
Nov
12
2022
Making the Revolution Irresistible
Join us at this launch event for our year-long Narrative Power theme, which will also serve as an in-person welcome to the Loft’s new Executive Director, long time changemaker and poet Arleta Little. This event will feature short readings by 2023 McKnight Artist Fellows in Poetry and Spoken Word: Douglas Kearney, Chavonn Shen, Khary Jackson, and Preeti Kaur Rajpal.
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Reading Like a Writer
The Ghost Bride and a Scene Told Out of Order
I'm interested in the way the opening moments of the book introduce both the literal idea of a ghost bride, and the upside down logic and atmosphere of the afterlife more generally.
Allison Wyss
Sep. 16
The Bookish Brand
Blogging Your Way to More Bucks
For many writers with book publishing aspirations, blogging flourishes into a mechanism for building a readership base, plus a lucrative side endeavor. This month, Rachel interviews successful blogger Rochelle Melander.
Rachel Werner
Sep. 7
Loft Spotlights
Book Bloggers: August Profile
This series by Loft intern Jenna Jereb will profile some of the many book bloggers that help shape our literary landscape.
Jenna Jereb
Sep. 1
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