The Loft Literary Center

New at the Loft

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

Wordplay Graphic Square
Wordplay Registration Open!

Tickets for the Wordplay festival, Wordplay classes, and the Rock Bottom Remainders concert are now on sale.

Learn More
Young Writers' Program 2019
Summer Youth Returns

The Loft's Young Writers' Program is back with week-long classes for youth ages 6–17 starting the weeks of July 8, 15, 22, and 29.

Learn More
Needs Theme Graphic
The Loft Presents Needs

This winter, the Loft presents Needs—a series of linked classes and events around the basics in each of our lives. Learn more on our Needs page.

Learn More

Upcoming Classes

Sign Up for a Class
Winter, Spring, and Summer Youth Classes Now Open

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

This Winter/Spring, our theme for classes and events is Needs. Learn more about those offerings and how you can take part below.

Loft Summer Youth classes are now also available!

Upcoming Classes About Loft Classes Needs Theme
Classroom Back Image

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
Apr
11
2019
An Evening with Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld will be in conversation with the prolific, charming, and hilarious Lorna Landvik, author of the upcominging release Chronicles of a Radical Hag (with Recipes), which will be featured during the Loft’s inaugural Wordplay.

Join us for a buoyant evening of fun and camaraderie at the beautiful Lake of the Isles home of Board of Directors member Eric Roberts and his wife Laura Davis.
Apr
12
2019
Fierce Lament
Fierce Lament is an anthology that brings together over 30 poets, essayists, artists, and activists who were asked to respond to the query, “How do we sustain ourselves and our communities in the face of intense uncertainty fueled by global climate change, growing nationalism and political extremism fueled by social media and the Internet.” This event will feature contributors Lisa Marie Brimmer, Pam Costain, MN State Senator Scott Dibble, GE Patterson, Michael Kleber-Diggs, David Lawrence Grant, and Brad Zellar.
Apr
19
2019
Mentor Series Reading with Natalie Diaz
​The Loft Literary Center Presents a 2018-2019 Loft Mentor Series Reading with mentor Natalie Diaz and fellows Mimi Iimuro Van Ausdall and Jessie Lee-Bauder.
 
The Loft's Blog
Reading Like a Writer
Reading Like a Writer: "What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky" and Puncturing a Closed World
The story is magical, but also strange and complex. There is a particular world created inside the story, one in which all babies are made from the materials that surround us—yarn, clay, porcelain—and debts can be repaid in happiness and empathy.
Allison Wyss
Mar. 18
Needs
Fanfiction and the Need to Keep Reading
There’s something to be said for a space to share stories that can’t find a home anywhere else.
Ellen Ray
Mar. 13
Reading Like a Writer
"Heavy" and Inclusive Intimacy
Kiese Laymon's Heavy: An American Memoir is about being black, male, heavy, brilliant with words, and growing up in Mississippi. It's devastating to read—in a good way. I'd like to talk about a beautiful moment of friendship in the book.
Allison Wyss
Mar. 1
Explore More