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FALL Online: Creating a Writer's Notebook: Artifact and Mulch w Wendy Willis | Oct 3 + 17

FALL Online: Doors to Elsewhere: Escape in Fiction with Elinam Agbo | Oct 15 - Nov 12

FALL Online: Read a Poem, Write a Poem Workshop II w Matthew Dickman | Oct 19

FALL Online: The Story is the Thing: Introduction to Short Fiction Workshop w Thea Chacamaty | Oct 19 - Nov 16

FALL Online: First Impressions: Chapter One (Nonfiction) w Whitney Otto | Oct 21 - Nov 18

FALL Online: Experiments in Poetic Revision Workshop w Ashley Toliver | Oct 26 - Nov 23

FALL Online: Craft of Memoir Workshop w Brian Benson | Oct 27 - Nov 24

FALL Online: Life Sketch: Pandemic Workshop w Wayne Gregory | Oct 28 - Nov 25

FALL Online: So You Wanna Be a Writer Workshop w Wayne Gregory | Oct 29 - Dec 3

FALL Online: Successful Methods and Habits of Composition w David Biespiel | Nov 1 | 9am-4pm

FALL Online: Story Energy with Joanna Rose | Nov 7 - Dec 5

FALL Online: Read a Poem, Write a Poem Workshop III w Matthew Dickman | Nov 16

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David Biespiel

Merridawn Duckler

John Morrison

Matthew Dickman

Carol Hendrickson

Wendy Willis

Whitney Otto

Wayne Gregory

Emily Whitman

Brian Benson

Betsy Porter

Ed Skoog

Edward Derby

Ashley Toliver

Lee Montgomery

Emily Chenoweth

Joanna Rose

Philip Kenney

Zahir Janmohamed

Elinam Agbo

Thea Chacamaty

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The Attic Institute of Arts and Letters opposes the legitimation of bigotry, hate, and misinformation in today's cultural and political environment. As a studio for writers, we do not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We condemn all acts of racism, sexism, ableism, classism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and Islamophobia. We embrace and celebrate our shared pursuit of literature and language as essential to crossing the boundaries of difference. To that end, we seek to maintain a creative environment in which every employee, faculty member, and student feels safe, respected, and comfortable. We accept the workshop as a place to question ourselves and to empathize with diverse identities. We understand that to know the world is to write a better world. Therefore, we reaffirm our commitment to literary pursuits and shared understanding by affirming social justice, diversity, and open inquiry.