Views from the Loft

Views from the Loft collects the wit and wisdom of some of our best writers to give anyone the tools and inspiration they need to thrive in the writing life, including:

GRACE PALEY on the writer’s responsibility in the world
RICK BASS on writing and keeping your schedule open for the muse
MARILYN CHIN on grandfathers, cowlicks, and shoe glue in first drafts of poems
LEWIS HYDE on embracing the mythology of wholeness in nonfiction
TED KOOSER on fostering a poetic life
SUSAN STRAIGHT on writing through clogged toilets, broken windows, and the other charms of single-motherhood

With teachers from across the country and the world:

Yehuda Amichai, Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, Rick Bass, Sandra Benítez, Barrie Jean Borich, Michael Dennis Browne, Emilie Buchwald, Lewis Buzbee, Marilyn Chin, Sharon Chmielarz, John Coy, Michael Cunningham, Jessica Deutsch, Kate DiCamillo, Mark Doty, Heid E. Erdrich, Laura Flynn, Patricia Weaver Francisco, Brigitte Frase, Glenn Freeman, Nancy Gaschott, Diane Glancy, Vivian Gornick, Linda Gregg, Marilyn Hacker, Pete Hautman, Ellen Hawley, David Haynes, Nicole Helget, Pamela Holt, C.J. Hribal, Lewis Hyde, Jane Katz, Ted Kooser, Lorna Landvik, Dorianne Laux, James P. Lenfestey, Roseann Lloyd, Mary Logue, Adrian C. Louis, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Lorraine Mejia-Green, Leslie Adrienne Miller, Jay Miskowiec, Jim Moore, David Mura, Nora Murphy, Kathleen Norris, Jude Nutter, Shannon Olson, Grace Paley, Thien-bao Phi, J. Otis Powell!, Susan Power, George Rabasa, Cheri Register, William Reichard, Julie Schumacher, Kim R. Stafford, Susan Straight, Faith Sullivan, Larry Sutin, Katrina Vandenberg, Will Weaver, Diane Wilson, Karen Tei Yamashita, R.D. Zimmerman

Editor DANIEL SLAGER is the Publisher of Milkweed Editions.

Based in Minnesota for the past thirty-five years, THE LOFT LITERARY CENTER is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive literary center, offering services for readers and writers at every level.