Anthologies

In this workshop, students will see that approaching writing playfully has very serious results. Using ideas and techniques we encounter reading master poets such as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, May Swenson, and Wislawa Szymborska, our writing will be inspired by language games, traditional forms, and imitation-of and response-to master poems.

We welcome everyone to join in the fun, from the reluctant writer to the experienced poet - you will find joy, magic, and mystery playing with words.

This workshop is for writers who feel familiar with the basics of character, setting, plot, and description, and want to continue to grow. Each of the four weeks we’ll tackle a different writing exercise, which will improve our techniques, develop our voice, and inspire our imaginations. But it’s not as serious as it sounds! This workshop is mostly to have fun together with Kate talking about writing, our lives, and the world, and whatever else comes up in the room. You are the curriculum — just bring your whole self!

Please note — the first two sessions are in person, the last two are virtual.

Sometimes images speak louder than words, but what kind of impact can you create if you put them together? In From Flash to Fiction, we’ll explore the writing of, from, and alongside the images that speak to us. Together, we'll wonder about how to bring images to life with our words and sharpen our imaginations by playing in the crosshairs of writing and photography. Using photos we take ourselves or ones we find through research, we’ll find inspiration for short stories.

This class will also include a field trip to the New York Public Library’s Picture Collection. Every writer will have the chance to look through their vast collection and write something they love based on their discoveries!