Current Class List

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Poetry Graphic
March 19, 2019-April 23, 2019
Time
6 p.m.-8 p.m.
American Mythology Through Poetry and Prose
This class will investigate the formation of American identity as told by writers. This class will reinterpret the American literary canon and its hidden origins by examining multigenre work praised within it. We'll also write our own poems challenging maintained myths and redefine our own relationship with written words.
 
Artists
Chavonn Shen
Price
Regular $210.00
Low Income $147.00
Member $189.00
Location
Open Book-Loft Classroom
Genre
Poetry
Family
Adult
Level
Open to All Levels
Number of Sessions
6
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Creative Nonfiction Graphic
March 20, 2019-April 17, 2019
Editing Family Manuscripts
To preserve family history and pass on letters, diaries, journals, poems, and stories written by our ancestors—parents, grandparents, earlier generations—and pass them on to their descendants and historical archives, we can edit and publish them ourselves. This class focuses on transcribing, editing, annotating, introducing, and publishing family manuscripts.
Artists
Robert Root
Price
Regular $156.00
Low Income $156.00
Member $140.40
Location
Online
Genre
Creative Nonfiction
Family
Online
Level
Open to All Levels
Number of Weeks
4
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Basics Genre Graphic
March 20, 2019-April 24, 2019
Time
10 a.m.-Noon
Personal Writing—Let's Start Here!
You want to write, but where do you begin? How do you know which form and style are right for you? In this class you will find a safe place to experiment. You will have the time and opportunity to sample various formats and open up the writer in you.
Artists
Peter Blau
Price
Regular $210.00
Low Income $147.00
Member $189.00
Location
Open Book-Loft Classroom
Genre
Basics
Family
Adult
Level
Beginning
Number of Sessions
6
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Creative Nonfiction Graphic
March 20, 2019-April 24, 2019
Time
6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Memoir Writing: Finding Your Story, Telling Your Story
We will discuss the basics of memoir writing--the difference between memoir and autobiography, the pitfalls of writing about people you know and love, audience, shape, theme, research, veracity and truth, and scope. There will be a lot of recommended reading. There will be in-class exercises. There will be homework.
Artists
Laurie Hertzel
Price
Regular $210.00
Low Income $147.00
Member $189.00
Location
Open Book-Loft Classroom
Genre
Creative Nonfiction
Family
Adult
Level
Open to All Levels
Number of Sessions
6
Open Seats
0
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Multigenre Graphic
March 20, 2019-April 24, 2019
Time
6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Keys to Driving Narrative
Jump-start your fiction or nonfiction! Learn how modern masters energize their writing. This class teaches ways to create a driving narrative. Discover essentials for developing scenes, narrative arc, powerful imagery, and evocative settings. Learn the secrets of writing secrets.
Artists
Kate St. Vincent Vogl
Price
Regular $210.00
Low Income $147.00
Member $189.00
Location
Open Book-Loft Classroom
Genre
Multigenre
Family
Adult
Level
Open to All Levels
Number of Sessions
6
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Play- and Screenwriting Graphic
March 21, 2019-April 25, 2019
Time
1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Playwriting 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Writing a Play

In this six week class, students will learn the nuts and bolts of playwriting. Students will learn about contemporary trends in playwriting through lectures, the reading of exciting new plays by living writers, and workshopping original works by their peers.

Artists
Haygen-Brice Walker
Price
Regular $210.00
Low Income $147.00
Member $189.00
Location
Open Book-Loft Classroom
Genre
Play- and Screenwriting
Family
Adult
Level
Open to All Levels
Number of Sessions
6
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Creative Nonfiction Graphic
March 21, 2019-April 25, 2019
Time
6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Revising Creative Nonfiction

If you need to do some careful revising to get your creative nonfiction ready for submission, this class is for you. Whether you’re working on an essay or a book, we’ll give your manuscript an unflinching look. We will work together both on cutting out the extra material our work doesn’t need and fine-tuning our prose.

Artists
Bruce Berglund
Price
Regular $210.00
Low Income $147.00
Member $189.00
Location
Open Book-Loft Classroom
Genre
Creative Nonfiction
Family
Adult
Level
Intermediate
Number of Sessions
6
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Poetry Graphic
March 27, 2019-May 1, 2019
Time
10 a.m.-Noon
Intermediate Poetry
We'll read the work of about fifty world poets, and begin to workshop in week two. We'll read many different poems and discuss ways to approach and make use of the inspiration they provide for our own new work.
Artists
Deborah Keenan
Price
Regular $210.00
Low Income $147.00
Member $189.00
Location
Open Book-Loft Classroom
Genre
Poetry
Family
Adult
Level
Intermediate
Number of Sessions
6
Open Seats
0
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Publishing and Career Graphic
Time
9 a.m.-Noon
Traditional vs. Independent Publishing

You've written a book, but now find yourself at a crossroads on what direction to take it. In this class, the paths will be discussed, as each person will be presented a checklist of the tasks required for either path. This class is a big-picture view of how to choose the best route to bring your book to publication.

Artists
Dawn Frederick
Price
Regular $52.50
Low Income $36.75
Member $47.25
Location
Open Book-Loft Classroom
Genre
Publishing and Career
Family
Adult
Level
Open to All Levels
Number of Sessions
1
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