Past Classes

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Postponed: Old Stories in New Language: Writing Contemporary Midrash with Alicia Ostriker

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Audacity, Extravagance, and Excess with Franny Choi

Saturday, January 10, 2026 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

Catching Up With Yourself with Cameron Awkward-Rich

Saturday, November 22, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

Look Up, The Sky Is Falling: Ascendant and Descendant Gestures in the Poem with Vievee Francis

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Strangeness, Oddities, and Defamiliarization with Matthew Olzmann

Two white, domed observatories sit on a ridge line with a starry night sky behind.

Saturday, November 15, 2025 - 3:30pm to 8:30pm

The Poetic Sky (at Kitt Peak National Observatory) with Julie Swarstad Johnson

Saturday, October 18, 2025 - 1:00pm to Saturday, November 1, 2025 - 3:00pm

Uncanny Activisms: Poems as Spells, Curses, Prayers, Incantations, and Blessings with Cynthia Hogue

Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

Grief & the Surreal with Mathias Svalina

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Four Modes: Propulsions and Little Engines with Richard Siken

Saturday, September 27, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

Using Agency and Comedy to Write About Trauma with Molly McCloy

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