Find your community of writers, move your writing practice from the private to the public, and begin to build an audience for your work. With twin goals of creativity and courage, over the course of six weeks, we will engage with our local multicultural literary histories, read contemporary Bay Area writers, and learn about local readings, journals, presses, residencies, fellowships, and more. We will read portions of three books, write two new pieces and revise one, and attend a reading together for our last class.