Dates: September 23 – November 12 TUESDAYS

Time: 1-3PM (HST)

Cost: $1199; former students $1080

The goal of this multi-genre workshop is to work towards the completion of a manuscript with the support of women who believe in your journey as a writer. This workshop honors your voice and is a place to receive feedback for the narrative that only you can write, the story (ies) that you are meant to tell.  Your project may be a book of essays, short stories, or a longer work-in-progress.  With helpful comments and the polishing of craft skills, you will write to the best of your ability. Your story is significant, and you and your peers agree to help each other write emotional truths on the page—fiction or non-fiction. While there will be assigned texts (TBA), there is no writing during class time.

In addition to workshop, all writers have one-on-one consultations during the week they are ‘up’ and will meet one-on-one with the peers they workshop with. This workshop is intense and requires a serious commitment for the 10 weeks.

Limited enrollment. Workshop requires instructor approval. Please contact Dr. Stephanie Han (writer@drstephaniehan.com) 

FALL 2025 TEXTS TBD

SUMMER 2025 TEXTS TBD

SPRING 2025 TEXTS TBD

FALL 2024 TEXTS

• DOCILE by Hyeseung Song
• SOIL by Camille T. Dungy
• ‘ĀINA HĀNAU / BIRTH LAND by Brandy Nālani McDougall

SPRING 2024 TEXTS:

• BEHIND YOU IS THE SEA by Susan Muaddi Darraj
• DREAM ELEVATOR by Marisa Lin
• LOCAL: A MEMOIR by Jessica Machado

FALL 2023 TEXTS:

• EVERY DROP IS A MAN’S NIGHTMARE by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
• YELLOWFACE by R.F. Kuang
• CREEP: ACCUSATIONS AND CONFESSIONS by Myriam Gurba

WINTER 2023 TEXTS:

• HEART BERRIES by Terese Marie Mailhot
• WE NEED NEW NAMES by NoViolet Bulawayo
• SECONDHAND NAMES by Katherine Min

FALL 2022 TEXTS:

• TASTES LIKE WAR by Grace M. Cho
• BRIDE OF THE SEA by Eman Quotah
• OTHER SMALL HISTORIES by Darien Hsu Gee

SUMMER 2022 TEXTS:

• MANUAL FOR A DECENT LIFE by Kavita A. Jindal
• SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward

SPRING 2022 TEXTS:

• HOMEGOING by Toni Ann Johnson
• THE PRINCE OF MOURNFUL THOUGHTS AND OTHER STORIES by Caroline Kim
• IN THE DREAM HOUSE by Carmen Machado

GUEST: Caroline Kim

FALL 2021 TEXTS:

• THE MANGO BRIDE by Marivi Soliven Blanco
• WE HEREBY REFUSE by Tamiko Nimura and Frank Abe; artwork by Ross Ishikawa and Matt Sasaki
• HEART RADICAL by Anne Liu Kellor

GUESTS: Marivi Soliven Blanco, Tamiko Nimura, Anne Liu Kellor

SPRING 2021 TEXTS:

• THE BODY PAPERS by Grace Talusan
• WILLOW WEEP FOR ME by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
• A CURIOUS LAND by Susan Muaddi Darraj

GUEST: Grace Talusan

SUMMER 2021 TEXTS:

• WHAT WE CARRY by Maya Shanbhag Lang
• DECEIT AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES (Counterpoint Press edition) by Vanessa Hua 
• ATLAS OF REDS AND BLUES by Devi S. Laskar

GUESTS: Vanessa Hua, Devi S. Laskar, Maya Shanbhag Lang