Left Margin LIT

Left Margin LIT is a creative writing center and workspace in Berkeley. We offer classes, boot camps, workshops, and consultations to Bay Area writers.

[Preeti Vangani @Pscripturient]

I am teaching a half-day in person class on writing elegies with @leftmarginlit on January 10, 2026! Details here and registration is now open!
https://t.co/lj97ZGsro3

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Our winter classes are open for registration. Write with Tyler Mills, Lauren Aliza Green, Yuki Tanaka, Keenan Norris, and others!

Or get an LML holiday gift card for the writer in your life.

https://t.co/QWcIhQwlLi

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Try out Grant Faulkner's Zoom "Accountability Write-In" program. He's offering an open house on Wednesday, October 15th, 5-7pm Pacific.

https://t.co/3FHOiWurBc

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LML's @droderick77 teaches a 2-week in person class on nature poetry. (October 28th and November 4th) Click the link to learn more.

https://t.co/bo6x8CWI0j

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Want to learn more about how to harness or deploy rhythm in your poems? Take this 2-week class with Lisa Rosenberg.

https://t.co/kmrDOVZN50

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If you're working on personal essays or a memoir, check out Monica Wesolowska's new class, "Jumping into Memoir and Making a Spash."

It's a one-day class at LML on October 4th. As with most of our classes, all writing levels and backgrounds are welcome!

https://t.co/9bEN0k1jXO

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Hey poets, we're launching our first intensive, yearlong poetry workshop with poet (and LML co-founder) Rachel Richardson. You'll learn a ton. And it'll be fun.

https://t.co/PBZKgNL9lm

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Poetry with Rachel Richardson / Write-Ins (Virtual and In-Person) - https://t.co/4s181HYxCm

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We're offering our very first yearlong intensive poetry workshop, taught by LML co-founder Rachel Richardson (author of @wwnorton's SMOTHER).

Immerse yourself in poetry and find some inspiration and community with Rachel and the students in this class!

https://t.co/PBZKgNLHaU

[Left Margin LIT @leftmarginlit]

Shze-Hui Tjoa, author of THE STORY GAME, returns to LML to teach a *new* online nonfiction course: "Writing the Personal and the Political."

4 sessions beginning on August 2nd. Check it out!

https://t.co/o6NILl9tv7

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Anne Beatty and Rachel Richardson are bringing back their popular "Submissions Happy Hour" class.

Learn everything you need to know about submitting your work to publishers. On Zoom beginning next Monday.

https://t.co/3RzsO3iJYX

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Last chance to register for Faith Adiele's "Applying to Writing Residencies" class. 10am (Pacific) this Saturday and next. Check it out:

https://t.co/sA1UwTlsD1

[David Roderick @droderick77]

My next book, DARKNESS FOR BEGINNERS, has found a home at @Omnidawn. Spring of '27. Many thanks to editors Rusty Morrison and Laura Joakimson. And also you, @mawsheinwin!

[Faith Adiele @AdieleFait48743]

Read my latest Substack to learn about my 7-week residency at this secret spot in historic Venice and about my upcoming @leftmarginlit workshop on applying to artists/writers residencies. https://t.co/j3nqg9P4Ko

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Support COYOTE Media Collective, co-founded by LML instructor Alan Chazaro.

https://t.co/IVUi8s26nG

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Our summer classes are open for enrollment!

Work with Faith Adiele, Rachel Richardson, Anne Beatty, Shze-Hui Tjoa, or Lauren Aliza Green.

https://t.co/WoLd3dBJmP

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You should be writing this summer! Why not "Recharge Your Creative Process" with Lauren Aliza Green? All experience levels and backgrounds are welcome. This is one of our many summer Zoom offerings.

https://t.co/IWNzyF6k6O

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It's not too late to join our Poetry SuperPAC, which launches today. 30 poetry prompts in 30 days from @matthewzapruder @droderick77 Geffrey Davis Rachel Richardson Niki Herd Esther Lin and many others!

https://t.co/PcNFsAS82E