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Muse Teacher Poetry Showcase

Celebrate National Poetry Month with an evening of poetry from The Muse’s teaching artists. Our Spring poetry instructors will read from their original work, offering a glimpse into their craft…

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How to Self-Publish Your Book 

You’ve written a great book, but the query letter/literary agent/publisher game isn’t your cup of tea. Have you considered self-publishing? With print-on-demand, it’s easier than ever to get your book…

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Ruthless, Radical Revision for Novelists

Ernest Hemmingway has said “The only kind of writing is rewriting,” and Michael Crichton noted “Books aren’t written – they’re rewritten.” Nearly every professional writer has their own version of…

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Utopian Fiction

Where dystopian fiction explores just how bad the world can get, it’s often ignored sibling, utopian fiction, imagines new vistas for social, ecological, political, and economic possibility. We will look at…

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Protest Writing

By looking at the rich tradition of using writing to enact social and political change we will explore the methods, genres, and craft elements that allow for writing to work…

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The Scary Poem Workshop

Do you love both horror and poetry? Ever wondered how the two meet? In Horror Poetry, we will read horror poems and explore how we can challenge our conception of…

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Making a Genre Smoothie

Genre mashups are a hot trend in publishing, but crafting a novel that sits comfortably on two or more shelves is easier said than done. Every genre has specific expectations…

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