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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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One-on-One Coaching
One-on-one Coaching

Want to meet virtually for 25 minutes with an expert on publishing, querying agents, sensitivity reading, or just where to begin in your publishing journey? The Loft's new one-on-one coaching service is designed for you. 

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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
May
27
2021
Pastries, Poetry, and Prose: Heid E. Erdrich
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 Heid E. Erdrich.
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Reading Like a Writer
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro and Some Playful Metafiction
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro is a fantasy novel about a young queen traveling in a hostile land. Queen Talyien is the narrator—she's messy and violent and also cunning and sometimes vulnerable. Her tone is conversational, and her approach to storytelling seems straightforward—until it's not.
Allison Wyss
May. 12
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Review: Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
Our community in the Twin Cities has been engaged for nearly a year in the uprising that followed the murder of George Floyd—an uprising that keeps rising in wave after wave. In a moment of transformation like this, good books, true books, often become guides and illuminators.
Cecilia Konchar Farr
Apr. 27
Loft Spotlights
Meet Teaching Artist Chris Negron
Chris Negron is the author of Dan Unmasked (HarperCollins July, 2020) as well as the forthcoming The Last Super Chef (HarperCollins, July 2021). His short fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals. He grew up outside Buffalo, New York, and attended Yale University.
Chris Negron
Apr. 27
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