You’re a poet and you know it. So how do you figure out which classes to take at Lit Fest? We’ve got you covered. Check out our poet-friendly suggestions for classes and events—including seminars with visiting authors Terrance Hayes and CAConrad—below.
Want to do more than just poetry? We’ve got you covered there too. Browse our guides for fiction and nonfiction writers, screenwriters, and YA/MG writers. (You can also browse all Lit Fest classes here.)
One-Weekend Intensives
- Reading as a Writer: Pale Fire with David J. Rothman (June 2-3)
- Scrivener 3.0 with Mark Springer (June 9-10)
Suggested Craft Seminars
To browse all of our Lit Fest craft seminars, click here.
June 4
- Occult Poetics with CAConrad
- Poets in Translation: Sappho and Fernando Pessoa with Lynn Wagner
June 5
- How to Pay Attention with Jenny Offill
June 6
- Ecopoetics: Resurrect Extinct Vibration with CAConrad
- Fuel Your Writing Practice with Wendy Fox
June 7
- Lying in Poetry with David J. Daniels
June 8
- The Gurlesque with Andrea Rexilius
June 11
- Writing with Intent with Lisa Donovan
- How Poetry Can Energize Your Writing Life with Benjamin Alire Sáenz
June 13
- On Keeping a Notebook with Brandi Homan
June 14
- The Craft of Obsession with Terrance Hayes
- Demons and Angels: Why We Don’t Write—And Why We Do with Mario Acevedo
June 15
- Ecopoetics: Writing the Living Field with Matthew Cooperman
Brown-Bag Business Panels
You can register for brown-bag business panels individually, or a Business Panel Pass will get you into all of them.
- Needle in the Hay: Finding a Literary Agent—June 4
- The Case for Indie Publishing—June 5
- How to Debut—June 6
- Editors Tell All—June 7
- Writers Who Hustle—June 8
- Social Media Survival for Writers—June 11
- Quit Your Day Job—June 12
- Query Letter Clinic—June 13
- Future Trends in Publishing—June 14
- Launching a Literary Career: Lessons from the Book Project—June 15
Salons
Every salon includes drinks and a catered dinner.
- Good Art, Bad People—June 2
- Writing in a Ruptured World—June 4
- The Other Half of the Story—June 5
- It Takes Two: The Art of Literary Partnership—June 7
- I Married a Writer—June 9
- Conventional vs. Unconventional Smackdown—June 11
- Genre Jumpers: A Path to Literary Breakthrough—June 12
- Just Add Aliens: How to Learn from Bad Advice—June 14
Visiting Author Readings
Our two visiting author readings are free and open to the public. We'll have drinks available, and food trucks will be on site.
- Week 1: Featuring Min Jin Lee, Emily Rapp Black, Jenny Offill, Lydia Millet, CAConrad, and Halley Feiffer
- Week 2: Featuring Rachel Cusk, Terrance Hayes, Maggie Shipstead, Robin Black, Charles D'Ambrosio, and Benjamin Alire Sáenz.
