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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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Boundaries and Border Crossings

All winter classes are now available. As part of the winter lineup, this winter the Loft presents Boundaries and Border Crossings—linked events and classes that explore various questions about how we define boundaries, whether geographical, social, cultural, or psychological and what happens when these boundaries are broken.

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Wordplay 2020 Lineup
Wordplay 2020 Lineup

The Wordplay 2020 lineup is out. See who is visiting Minneapolis this year on May 9. More details and wristband sales coming soon!

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Teen Book Club 2020
Summer Youth is Back!

All summer youth classes (ages 6–17) are now open for registration, including the new teen book club!

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Upcoming Classes

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Winter 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.

All winter classes are now available!

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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
21
2020
A Garden of Black Joy: Global Poetry from the Edges Of Liberation & Living
For two years Black Table Arts has gathered poems from around the world on black joy. That work will be published as A Garden of Black Joy: Global Poetry from the Edges Of Liberation & Living curated by Keno Evol.
Mar
1
2020
BOUNDARIES & BORDERS: More Than A Single Story: Transracial Adoptee Voices

As part of the Loft's Boundaries and Border Crossings theme, this More Than a Single Story discussion will explore the histories of transracial and transnational adoption in their communities.
Apr
11
2020
BOUNDARIES & BORDERS: Equilibrium: Whose Border? Featuring Bobby Wilson
As part of the Loft's Boundaries and Border Crossings theme, the Loft will host a special EQ showcase featuring artists troubling the notion of borders and enforcement. The event features Bobby Wilson, with opening performances by Peuo Tuy, Roy G. Guzmán, and Kokou Doeh.

This event is cosponsored by the Minnesota Freedom Fund and the James H Binger Center for New Americans.
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Wordplay
Wordplay TBR Pile: Newly Released
Wordplay is three months away, but that doesn't mean you can't start psyching yourself up now. Check out these newly released titles from some of our featured speakers—we promise, they'll have you counting down the days til May 9.
Savannah Brooks
Feb. 12
Reading Like a Writer
In the Dream House and Unsettling
Carmen Maria Machado's In the Dream House is a devastating memoir about an abusive lesbian relationship. The structure is strange and lovely. Machado doesn't pick a genre for her story but uses a different one each chapter.
Allison Wyss
Feb. 6
I AM
Shannon Gibney Interview
I AM (Artist in Motion) is an interview series meant to spotlight indigenous artists and artists of color in the Twin Cities. The third in the series, this interview is with Shannon Gibney, author of 2016 Minnesota Book Award winner See No Color and of critically acclaimed Dream Country.
Gianella Rojas
Feb. 4
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