PEDAGOGY,
CLASSES, &
CONSULTATIONS.
PED·A·GO·GY
/ˈpedəˌɡäjē/
n. the method and practice of teaching, otherwise "the art of teaching"
n. the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences/is influenced by the social, political, and psychological development of learners.
My pedagogy is rooted in the popular education model of Myles Horton and the Highlander Folk School, the applied politics of bell hooks's "Toward a Revolutionary Feminist Pedagogy", and the principles of adrienne maree brown's Emergent Strategy. Because my classes are writer-centered and participatory, I ask my students to practice mutual respect, curiosity, and empathy.
I encourage my students to release Western conventions of both craft and learning. Writing, at its best, is a practice of liberation. Let us unbind our form, technique, and voice. Let us give in to our inner creative. Let our language not sweat.
In teaching, I prioritize care and lived wisdom: affirmations, colloquialisms, personal experience, intuition, ancestral knowings, sentipensante, tingles-and-shivers, and real-time dialectics can be just as rigorous and informative as any academia-based approach or material.
In my classes, expect experimentation and play; adaptability; and deep conversation.
UPCOMING CLASSES (18+)
For more information, including what you can expect in class, payment details, scholarships, and registration: click on the class flyer, then click on "REGISTER HERE" below the image. If you have questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact me here!
PAST CLASSES
For class descriptions, please contact me.
Writing Group for the Dedicated Artist
4-week adult course thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
5/3/2025-5/24/2025
The Mystical as Metaphor: Fabulist Fiction
6-week adult course thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
3/16/2025-4/27/2025
The Art of Multiperspectivity
2-hour adult seminar thru Literary Cleveland, remote via Zoom
4/5/2025
Bend, Blend, & Break: Blurring Genres for BIPOC Writers
6-week adult course thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
2/2/2025-3/9/2025
6 Weeks, 6 Stories
6-week adult course thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
1/8/2025-2/12/2025, 7/20/2023-8/31/2023
How to Structure a Short Story
3-hour adult seminar thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
2/8/2025
How to Write a Short Story
3-hour adult seminar thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
11/23/2024
Writing Group for LGBTQ+ Writers
6-week adult course thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
11/4-12/16/2024 (SOLD OUT)
Clash of Kin: Writing Messy Family Stories
6-week adult course thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
10/20-12/8/2024 (SOLD OUT)
The Next Step: Workshopping & Revising for Prose Writers
5-week adult course hosted independently, remote via Zoom
8/19-23/2024 (SOLD OUT), 8/15/2023-9/5/2023
Write with Friends: Writing Group for Self-Directed Writers
7-week adult course hosted independently, remote via Zoom
7/10-8/21/2024
Finding the Backbone for Your Memoir
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
8/16/2024 (SOLD OUT)
Capture the Profound: Magical Realism Workshop
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
7/5/2024, 5/6/2023
Food is Family is Culture: A Generative Workshop for Nonfiction Writers of Color
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
5/3/2024 (SOLD OUT)
Writing Fiction for a Better World
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
4/13/2024
Writing the Disabled Body in Prose
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
4/6/2024
Writing the Breakup Story
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
2/17/2024
"Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
1/20/2024
Our Planet, Our Stories: Nature Writing
4-hour adult seminar thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
11/14/23 (SOLD OUT)
The Art of Multiperspectivity
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
10/7/23, 10/22/22, 7/22/22 (SOLD OUT)
Crash Course: Submitting for Publication in Literary Magazines
3-hour adult workshop hosted independently, remote via Zoom
9/9/2023
The Next Step: Workshopping & Revising for Prose Writers
4-week adult course hosted independently, remote via Zoom
8/15/2023-9/5/2023
Activist Writing
Weeklong teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
8/7-11/2023
Writing Relationships with Care and Complexity
Weeklong teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
7/10-14/2023
Writing Fiction for a Better World
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
7/7/2023
Social Justice & Self-Care through Writing
1.5-hour workshop for Upstream Education's Student Task Force, remote via Zoom
6/27/2023
Writing Queer Love Stories
4-week adult course thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
6/26/2023-7/17/2023
Advanced Memoir Workshop (by application only)
8-week adult course thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
6/21/2023-8/23/2023 (SOLD OUT)
The Generator
7-week adult course hosted independently, remote via Zoom
6/13/2023-8/1/2023
The Spoken and Unspoken: Writing Dialogue and Gestures
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
5/13/2023
Creative Writing Alumni Panel
Featured panelist for a reading, talk, and Q&A for Pitzer College's Creative Writing major capstone class
4/19/2023
Spliced: Writing Interwoven Narratives
2-part adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
4/1+8/2023
Imagining New Worlds: World-Building and Speculative Fiction
3-hour cohort workshop thru The Queer Muslim Project's Queer Writers Room, remote via Zoom
3/11/2023
Tough Love: Writing Difficult Family Stories
2-part adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
3/4+11/2023
Moments in Love or Otherwise: Capturing Relationships
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
1/28/23, 10/8/22 (SOLD OUT), 4/1/22 (SOLD OUT)
Bland Story No More: Symbolism, Subplots, and Spice Galore!
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
1/21/23
Home is a Verb: Writing Immigrant Stories
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
12/16/22
The Art of Multiperspectivity
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
11/19/22
Home, Belonging, and Roots
1.5-hour workshop thru Boston Writers of Color,
remote via Zoom
11/16/22
Wit & Whimsy: Writing Funny
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
9/17/22
It's Complicated: Entry Points for Loaded Relationships
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
8/12/22 (SOLD OUT)
Disrupt the Present: Activist Writing
Weeklong teen class thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
7/11-15/22, 8/3-7/20
Writing As Activism
6-week adult course thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
7/8/22-8/12/22
Letters from the Beyond: Sci-Fi/Fantasy in Epistolary Form
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
5/14/22
Child's Play: How to Write Characters Under 18
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
5/7/22
Creative Writing in a Chaotic World
Weeklong teen class thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
2/22-25/22
Poetry As Activism
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
3/12/22, 11/21/20
Write Yourself Outta That Rut: Poets' Edition
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
10/16/21, 4/10/21
Animals, Land, & Plants, Oh My: Nature As Metaphor
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
9/18/21
Animals, Land, & Plants, Oh My: Nature As Metaphor
3-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
9/11/21
Love in Mundane Forms
Weeklong teen class thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
7/19-23/21
July Week of Creative Writing
Weeklong teen class thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
7/6-9/21
Defying Genre: Exploring Experimental Writing
3-hour teen workshop thru GrubStreet, remote via Zoom
5/15/21
Brown Bag Lunch Writing Session
1-hour adult workshop thru GrubStreet; remote via Zoom
4/7/21
CONSULTATIONS
Get individualized guidance on your current writing projects and ambitions!
I offer 60-minute consultations via Zoom for new, seasoned, short-form, and long-form writers — and all writers in between. During our consultation, you and I will:
get to know each other, your project, and your process;
discuss your short-term and long-term writing goals;
answer specific questions you may have about craft or process; and
create a sustainability plan to keep you holistically supported.
You are the true navigator of the conversation: your writerly vision is our north star and you steer the ship. I'm just here to give you the oars and tighten the sails. My goal is for you to sign off Zoom with the clarity you're craving and the inspiration that you didn't know you needed.
To make creative opportunities more accessible for all writers, I offer "no questions asked" sliding scales for all of my consulting and editorial services.
To receive the full info packet and schedule a session, send me a message here.
Book Recommendations for the Hungry Writer
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