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Intensive Workshops

Sun, Jan 19
How to Grapple with Trauma in Poems with Eve Grubin (via Zoom)
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Jan 19, 2025, 12:30 PM – Jan 20, 2025, 2:30 AM
Online
How do poets write about the trauma? Why and how do they employ such strategies as fragmentation, dissociation, reticence and repetition to address a subject that is not bearable?
Sun, Jan 26
“Shut Up and Kiss Me”: The Art of the Short Poem with Kim Addonizio (via Zoom)
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Jan 26, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
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In this craft class, in which I’ll also invite you to do some writing, we’ll look at a few short pieces to see how they accomplish their effects, and aim for some effects of our own.
Thu, Jan 30
HVWC Presents: Masters of Craft Poetry Series with Dorianne Laux, Afaa M. Weaver, Gregory Pardlo, Jane Hirshfield & Dian
Zoom
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Jan 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Zoom
Each poet will share the insights about craft that they have gleaned from decades of devoting themselves to studying the art of poetry.
Sat, Feb 01
Tiny Texts: Short Poems, Flash Fiction, Micro-Diaries with Nicole Cooley (via Zoom)
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Feb 01, 2025, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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This craft class will focus on miniatures, tiny texts that play with language in wonderful, fun ways and at the same time ask us to rethink our ideas about reading and writing.
Sun, Feb 02
“Okay, Boomer!”: Writing Poetry at Mid-Life (& Beyond) with Joan Kwon Glass (via Zoom)
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Feb 02, 2025, 12:30 AM – 4:30 AM
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In this generative class, we will read & write about aging & reflect upon the past with humor, authenticity & earned perspective. What have we learned & what do we not yet understand?
Tue, Feb 04
Writing Psychology, Obsession, and Interiority with Austyn Wohlers (via Zoom)
Zoom
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Feb 04, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Zoom
Sun, Feb 09
SPACE ODDITY—A Generative Workshop with Tina Cane (via Zoom)
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Feb 09, 2025, 12:30 AM – 4:30 AM
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We will use lots of paper and make a fine mess in our effort to explore. It’s time to leave the capsule, if you dare…
Wed, Feb 12
The Best Match: Poetry for Literary Journals with Amy Holman (via Zoom)
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Feb 12, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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In this class, Amy Holman will teach you how to match the poems you write to the best possible literary journal editors.

Multi-Week Workshops

Tue, Jan 14
Tues AM Memoir with Susan Hodara
Zoom
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Jan 14, 2025, 10:25 AM – 12:45 PM
Zoom
This workshop is SOLD OUT
Wed, Jan 15
How to Improve Your Memoir or Personal Essays by Balancing Scene and Exposition (via Zoom) with David McLoghlin
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Jan 15, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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This is a class for writers who are beginning or revising a project, whether memoir, personal essays, a travel book or some other room in the capacious genre known as creative nonfiction.
Wed, Jan 15
Writing Mystery and Suspense with Carol Goodman (via Zoom)
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Jan 15, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Mystery is at the heart of every story. Whether you want to write mystery, suspense, general fiction—or you don’t know what you’re writing yet—mystery provides the engine to drive a compelling narrative.
Tue, Jan 21
Year of Your Book: Fiction with Jonathan Vatner: Spring Session (via Zoom)
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Jan 21, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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How long have you been planning on writing a book—or finishing the book you started? Let 2025 be the year you do it!
Thu, Jan 30
HVWC Presents: Masters of Craft Poetry Series with Dorianne Laux, Afaa M. Weaver, Gregory Pardlo, Jane Hirshfield & Dian
Zoom
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Jan 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Zoom
Each poet will share the insights about craft that they have gleaned from decades of devoting themselves to studying the art of poetry.
Sun, Feb 16
Adaptation: Novel to Screenplay
Zoom
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Feb 16, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Zoom
Ready to dive into the exciting world of adaptation? This six-week course is all about taking stories from the page to the screen.
Mon, Mar 03
Monday Night Poetry Workshop with Joan Kwon Glass (via Zoom)
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Mar 03, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Fri, Mar 14
Revision Is the Story: a six-week short story workshop with Bethany Ball (In Person at HVWC)
Sleepy Hollow
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Mar 14, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Sleepy Hollow, 300 Riverside Dr, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, USA

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Tues AM Memoir with Susan Hodara

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How to Improve Your Memoir or Personal Essays by Balancing Scene and Exposition (via Zoom) with David McLoghlin

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How to Grapple with Trauma in Poems with Eve Grubin (via Zoom)

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Year of Your Book: Fiction with Jonathan Vatner: Spring Session (via Zoom)

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Deep Revisioning – Multi-Disciplinary Workshop with Leah Souffrant (via Zoom)

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“Shut Up and Kiss Me”: The Art of the Short Poem with Kim Addonizio (via Zoom)

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HVWC Presents: Masters of Craft Poetry Series with Dorianne Laux, Afaa M. Weaver, Gregory Pardlo, Jane Hirshfield & Dian

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Tiny Texts: Short Poems, Flash Fiction, Micro-Diaries with Nicole Cooley (via Zoom)

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“Okay, Boomer!”: Writing Poetry at Mid-Life (& Beyond) with Joan Kwon Glass (via Zoom)

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Writing Psychology, Obsession, and Interiority with Austyn Wohlers (via Zoom)

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