Legendary: Using Mythology in Writing [5-weeks, $300 Suggested]

Instructor: Hunter | Tuesdays January 24-February 21 | 7:00-9:00 PM ET | ONLINE

Do you have a story that’s resisting telling? Are you feeling a lack of poetic inspiration? Come learn how to turn creative blocks into intriguing and inviting writing by stealing from mythology. 

Myths of many kinds have existed and persisted for as long as humans have told stories. Poets are naturally drawn to these tales—rich in drama, magic, and moral—and to this day, poems engaging with mythology appear and resonate with readers, like a secret code. Why do we return to these tales, time and time again? How can we use the archetypal, the bold, fantastical, and universal to tell a different story? Or, could we retell a familiar story in a new, delightful way? 

In this course, we’ll read poems based in ancient and modern, popular and obscure myths armed with the question: what makes mythology captivating? What causes us to recall and relate to these stories ages after they’re first told? Together we’ll explore the ways we can use mythological archetypes and references as creative inspiration, and as a framework for writing expressive and memorable narrative poetry. Readings may include Sylvia Plath, Lucille Clifton, W.B. Yeats, Louise Glück, Anne Carson and more. 
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For each class, four (4) full tuition scholarships and five (5) 80% tuition scholarships are available. Due to limited scholarship funds, we are currently only able to offer one class per term at the full scholarship level to any individual student—if you need a full scholarship, please sign up for the class you most want to take and email us to waitlist for any additional classes. We will add you when funds become available. Direct student donations are a crucial aspect of our funding model, and without them, we are not able to pay instructors a living wage. We encourage you to pick the payment tier that corresponds with your needs, but ask that you please consider our commitment to fair labor practices when doing so. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out or you would like to pay tuition on an installment basis, please email us directly, and we will work with you.

If at any point up to 48 hours before your first class session you realize you will be unable to take the class, please email us and we will reallocate your funds to a future class, to another student’s scholarship, or refund it. After classes begin, we are only able to make partial refunds and adjustments.