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The Loft Literary Center
| Contact: | Jocelyn Hale | ||
| Address: | Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S, Ste 200, Minneapolis, MN, 55415 | ||
| Phone: | 612-215-2575 | ||
| Fax: | 612-215-2576 | ||
| E-mail: | loft@loft.org | ||
| Website: | http://www.loft.org | ||
| Dates: | year-round | ||
| Tuition/Cost: | sliding fee based on household income | ||
| Scholarships: | inquire with Education Department | ||
| Genres: | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Children's Literature | ||
| Faculty/ Presenters: | The Loft contracts with 400 teaching artists to offer classes and present at writers' festivals throughout the year. Teaching Artists include winners of the Pushcart Prize, Nimrod International Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize, Native American Prose Award, American Book Award, Academy of American Poets Prize, Hollywood Screenplay Discovery Award, Lambda Literary Award, Edgar Award, American Library Association's Alex Award, Midland Prize, and others. Instructors have also taught at a wide variety of educational institutions, including colleges and universities. Mentors for emerging writers have included prose writers Louise Erdrich, Grace Paley, Charles Baxter, and Michael Ondaatje, and poets Rita Dove, Galway Kinnell, Li-Young Lee, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Gary Soto. Biographies of current teaching artists and mentors, plus applications to become a teaching artist are available at www.loft.org. | ||
| Description: | The Loft has offered creative writing classes "where writers learn from other writers" since 1976. More than 3,800 students participate in courses, festivals, and labs both at the Loft and at community centers and libraries around the greater Twin Cities. Readings and performances range from students reading their work for the first time to such notables as Bernard Cooper, Andre Dubus III, Martin Espada, Rita Dove, Sandra Benitez, Giles Li and Bassey Ipke. The Loft also supports writing and reading discussion groups; rents studios to writers; and offers a wealth of resources and articles on its active website. |
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