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Teacher Feature: Nathaniel Glanzman

SensitivityIs a word that is used whenWriting a first draft This semester, teaching artist Nathaniel Glanzman is teaching a seminar, Sensitivity Reading 101 on Saturday, April 24 at 1-3:30pm EST. The publishing industry has made an increased effort to ensure that authors write accurate marginalized characters. In this course, you will discuss the nuances of the emphasis…

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Teacher Feature: Jayne Ann Krentz

The fastest way to infuse energy into your writing is to start the story at a point you find exciting–not where you think the reader should start. This semester, Jayne Ann Krentz is teaching a seminar, “Ten Tips for Writing for Today’s Popular Fiction Market”  on March 14, 1pm – 3:30pm EST.  The subject of…

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Teacher Feature: Suzanne Underwood Rhodes

This semester, Suzanne Rhodes is teaching the class, “Writing the Light in a Dark Time” beginning on Saturday, February 13 at 10am EST. Take Suzanne’s class to explore the core of human experience – relationship: your relationship to words and to worlds, both inner and outer, but also the relationships we build as a community…

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Teacher Feature: Erin Beaty

Once upon a time, a girl came out to her friends and family as a writer, and they all said, “Duh. We were just waiting for day YOU accepted that about yourself.” This semester, Erin Beaty is teaching the class, “Advanced YA Workshop” beginning on Wednesday, February 10 at 7pm EST. Take Erin’s class if…

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Teacher Feature: Lisa Cooper

A long time student of The Muse, Lisa Cooper received her Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and Adult Education with a concentration in Memoir from Seton Hill University. Trained and certified as a Peer Recovery Specialist in the state of Virginia, she developed The Muse’s first Writing through Grief and Trauma class after working as…

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Teacher Feature: Kindra McDonald

“I believe in the power of words and especially in the healing powers of poetry. It has saved my life and given me strength when I needed it most, if poetry can do that, what can’t it do?” -Kindra McDonald Take Kindra’s Class: Introduction to Poetry Writing Our world is chaotic, changed, and kind of…

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Teacher Feature: Christine Rucker

This class will take a quick break from structured writing and combine words with visual elements, also looking at other artists’ journals. In this class, students will try simple art techniques to explore stream of consciousness and talk about how this can be incorporated in their writing practice.   

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Want to be a Poet? The Muse gives you the path to become one!

Join a Muse Poetry Class or Workshop Today! Start or continue your poetry journey as soon as tomorrow. Tutuion is always available. Begin or refresh with Kindra McDonald Sign up for Introduction to Poetry Writing Now! Start workshopping those poems with Suzanne Rhodes Sign up for the Poetry Workshop Today-STARTS MONDAY! Fine tune your poetry…

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Teacher Feature: Nishat Ahmed

Take one of Nishat’s Classes: Unlocking Sounds in Poetics and How to Ask Questions in Poems!   “If we can’t find joy while doing the work of writing, then what’s the point?” – Nishat Ahmed   Take Nishat’s classes if you want to be in an environment that hopes to break the traditional workshop/seminar/class structure!…

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Teacher Feature: Suzanne Rhodes

Take one of Suzanne’s Classes: The Poetry Workshop & Getting Your Chapbook Ready: A How-To Seminar Suzanne Rhodes promotes an atmosphere of respect, trust, and camaraderie, so group members can be open and relaxed. Her passion for poetry is contagious. In workshops, everyone’s insights and observations are valued. Students have said they appreciate that Suzanne…

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