The Writers Studio

In this Tuesday, June 2nd, Writers Studio teacher Marc Frons considers techniques used in Lola Lafon's WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THIS SONG: ON MEMORY, LOSS, AND WRITING.

Lafon's memoir/essay intertwines personal history, including her family's Holocaust experiences, with reflections on Anne Frank's life, diary, and legacy. Join us to discuss how Lafon grapples with tragedy and the stories we tell about it:

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DIVE MORE DEEPLY INTO YOUR MATERIAL. What is it that only you can say? Enroll in Intro to Journal Writing with a Persona to find out. Starts Monday, June 15th.

In The Writers Studio Intro to Journal Writing with a Persona, students write journal entries to address what they see as their most pressing ideas and stories, using a persona narrator. Students tame once painful subjects for use in their creative writing, using The Writers Studio method.

https://courses.writerstudio.com/courses/online-intro-to-journal-writing-with-a-persona-bond-spring-2026

Kathie Jacobson, Director of The Writers Studio - San Francisco, has published two in THE BLUE MOUNTAIN REVIEW.

Read the poems here on page 172:
https://issuu.com/collectivemedia/docs/blue_mountain_review_april_2026

In on Tuesday, May 26th, Writers Studio teachers Scott Hunter and Francesca Moroney will lead a discussion of techniques used in Ruth Ozeki's acclaimed A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING.

Register to attend and receive recordings of all eight classes:
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Alice Hatcher, Writers Studio Tucson teacher, has won first prize for the 2026 Prime Number Magazine Award for Short Fiction for her story "A Wreck of a Place," which will appear in issue 293 of Prime Number Magazine, Sept-Dec 2026.

Read the full announcement here:
https://www.press53.com/prime-number-magazine-awards

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In this Tuesday, Writers Studio teacher Linda Drach will lead a discussion of techniques used in Lauren K. Watel's collecton BOOK OF POTIONS.

"Nothing in American verse is quite like it," says Garrett Hongo.

Join us to consider how Watel wrote this collection that won the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. Register here to attend the class and receive recordings of all eight classes:

https://courses.writerstudio.com/collections/craft-class