The Master Classes at the Shapiro Center teach students how to make literary artifacts, ranging from books to broadcasts. Each class brings a small group of students together for three interactive and collaborative sessions with a world-renowned expert in his or her field. To apply to either the fall or the spring master class, please send an email briefly describing your interest in the class to memre@wesleyan.edu.
The inaugural session will be followed by receptions and readings that are free and open to the public.
Upcoming Classes
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Fall 2025 Class
Michele Moses
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Spring 2026 Class
Corey Hajim
Past Instructors
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Edoardo Ballerini
American actor, narrator, writer, and film director
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Gareth Hinds
award-winning author-illustrator of graphic novels and other books based on classic literature, history, and mythology
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Stephanie Burt
poet, literary critic, and professor of English at Harvard University
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Caryl Phillips
playwright, screenwriter, and novelist
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Richard Blanco
poet, storyteller, and memoirist
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Michael Cunningham
novelist and screenwriter
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Mark Doty
poet, memoirist, and essayist
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Andre Dubus III
novelist and memoirist
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Terrance Hayes
poet and editor
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Marie Howe
poet
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James Magruder
fiction writer, playwright, and translator
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Eileen Myles
poet, novelist, performer, and art journalist
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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
memoirist, story writer, and essayist
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Colson Whitehead
journalist, essayist, novelist
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C.D.Wright
(1949-2016), poet