Our Teachers
The Muse's instructors are all working writers and published authors who have taught courses at colleges, universities, and other community organizations. Read our teachers’ biographies and see what classes they are currently teaching.
Jeffrey Hecker
Jeffrey Hecker is author of Rumble Seat (San Francisco Bay Press, 2011) & chapbooks Hornbook (Horse Less Press, 2012), Instructions for the Orgy (Sunnyoutside Press, 2013), Before He Let Them Guide Sleigh (ShirtPocket Press, 2013) & Ark Aft (The Magnificent Field, 2020). Recent work appears in South Dakota Review, Yalobusha Review, Posit, Heavy Feather Review, & BathHouse Journal. A graduate of Old Dominion Univ., he’s a fourth-generation Hawaiian American & reads for Quarterly West.
Current Classes Taught
Previous Classes Taught
- 2023 Teen Writers Fellowship Class (Spring)
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- 2023 Teen Writers Fellowship Class (Summer)
- (Summer 2023)
- 2024 Spring Fellowship Class
- (Winter/Spring 2024)
- 2024 Summer Fellowship Class
- (Summer 2024)
- Advanced Workshop for High School Seniors & Graduated Fellows
- (Fall 2023)
- Creative Writing Camp: High School (ages 14-17)
- (Summer 2022)
- Creative Writing for High School Teens
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- Creative Writing for High School Teens
- (Fall 2022)
- Creative Writing for High School Teens
- (Summer 2023)
- Creative Writing for High School Teens (Hybrid)
- (Fall 2023)
- Creative Writing for High School Teens (Hybrid)
- (Winter/Spring 2024)
- Creative Writing for High School Teens (Hybrid)
- (Summer 2024)
- From the Real to the Surreal
- (Summer 2024)
- Surrealist Poetry
- (Fall 2022)
- Surrealist Poetry
- (Winter/Spring 2022)
- Surrealist Poetry
- (Fall 2020)
- Teen Writing Level 1: Creative Writing (Hybrid)
- (Winter/Spring 2022)
- Teen Writing Level 2
- (Summer 2022)
- Teen Writing Level 2: Writing Workshop
- (Fall 2021)
- The Beat Generation Poetry Workshop
- (Winter/Spring 2020)