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Mexican Goodbyes

By Dino Enrique Piacentini

A grown son conjures up a painful past when he tries to convince his father, an established painter, to sell his largest and most personal painting.

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Dachau

By Achy Obejas

Two Cuban visual artists—one expat, one citizen—visit the concentration camp in Dachau, Germany, where they find themselves confronting not only the town’s Nazi past but also its unsettling present.

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Interactive Fiction with Nat Mesnard

In interactive fiction, we add an element to the practice of storytelling that changes everything: choice. Journey into the nonlinear narrative woods with writer and game designer Nat Mesnard using Twine, a tool designed for writers.

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For Real? Truth in Fiction with Allison Amend

Beginning writers are told to “write what you know.” But Albert Camus has called fiction “the lie through which we tell the truth.” Together we’ll read short fiction by some of today’s most exciting authors to discover the role “truth” plays in the creation of fiction.

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Rain

By Carys Schiffer

In “Rain” by Carys Schiffer, one of the winners of our Teen Writing Contest, a borrowed umbrella leads to an unexpected connection between schoolmates.

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Designed for fiction writers ready to get their work out into the world, this asynchronous class will answer the questions you have about how to present your work and yourself to the editors, agents, and selection committees on the other side of the submit button.

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Revise with Hannah Tinti

Learn tips and techniques for revising in this self-guided class. You’ll get five in-depth revision techniques to sharpen your work. By the end of the course you’ll have new skills, a helpful to-do list, and pages of new material to move your revision in the right direction.

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One Story’s editor-in-chief leads this self-guided class on putting together a cohesive collection of your fiction.

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