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Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity – by Writing Through Crisis
Join writer Ingrid Rojas Contreras in this live, two-hour conversation with Matthew Zapruder and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing and creativity – and about the artistic necessity to write from...
Michael Ruhlman
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing, By Writing about Food
Join Michael Ruhlman – best-selling writer of more than 30 books of non-fiction, fiction, memoir and cookbooks – in this live two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about writing and living well...
Daniel Handler
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity – That Turn Out To Be Wrong
Join best-selling writer Daniel Handler in this live, two-hour conversation with Matthew Zapruder and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about Creativity – or the five things he had thought he’d learned, until...
Jane Hirshfield
Five Things I've Learned About
Poems as Fields of Discovery
Join award-winning poet, essayist, and translator Jane Hirshfield in this live, two-hour class and discover the ways that poems’ original seeing can be invited, recognized, and worked with to open new depth,...
Ann Hood
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing Memoir
Join award-winning author and teacher Ann Hood, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to bring focus to a singular slice of your life in ways that produce the story that you want to read – and write.
Maggie Smith
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity – During Times of Upheaval
Join best-selling writer and poet Maggie Smith in a live, two-hour conversation with Matthew Zapruder and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what it means to prioritize your creative practice in ways that...
Will Hermes
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing about Music and Musicians
Join culture journalist, author and teacher Will Hermes for this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how to articulate and share the emotional impact of songs you love — how to...
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Victoria Chang
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity – by Being an Outsider
Join poet and writer Victoria Chang in this live, two-hour conversation with Matthew Zapruder and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that following an unconventional path can be a surprising...
Adam Gopnik
Five Things I've Learned About
…Five Things I’ve Learned
Join best-selling author, essayist, public speaker, lyricist and libretto writer Adam Gopnik in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the mystery of mastery – and about the ways...
Rebecca Makkai
Five Things I've Learned About
Grasping Point of View – on the Page and in the World
Join celebrated writer and teacher Rebecca Makkai in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the issue she’s found most connected to almost early every problem on the page – and...
Joe Randazzo
Five Things I've Learned About
Getting to the Best Idea, from My Time Leading The Onion
Join writer, editor and performer Joe Randazzo in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about cultivating creativity and collaboration – and about all it takes to consistently turn...
Matthew Specktor
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing the Self in Memoir and Fiction
Join novelist, memoirist, cultural critic, and screenwriter Matthew Specktor this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the powerful ways that the imagination can operate in nonfiction...
Danté Stewart
Five Things I've Learned About
The Power of Narrative
Join writer, poet, and minister Danté Stewart in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about storytelling’s power and magic, and all that happens when readers encounter stories that...
Amber Tamblyn
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity – and Harnessing Emotion in the Service of Powerful Art
Join poet, author, actress, and director Amber Tamblyn in this live, two-hour conversation with Matthew Zapruder and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to harness our emotions into the full force of...
Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
How Threshold Moments Shape Our Stories
Join editor, writer, and publisher Brooke Warner in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways in which our intimate responses to change can positively drive our most powerful...
Matthew Zapruder
Five Things I've Learned About
Maintaining a Creative Practice in the Chaos
Join celebrated poet, writer, and professor Matthew Zapruder in this live, two-hour class, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the practical and spiritual techniques that have helped him to keep the...
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Kim Addonizio
Five Things I've Learned About
The Poem’s Progress
View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed poet, fiction writer, and essayist Kim Addonizio, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the way that great poems work to surprise us, transcend...
Kim Addonizio
Five Things I've Learned About
Shaping the Personal Essay
View the archive of this two hour class from poet, fiction writer, and essayist Kim Addonizio, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the opportunities that personal writing offers writers and readers –...
Rabih Alameddine
Five Things I've Learned About
Being Grumpy
View the archive of this 90-minute class from internationally-acclaimed writer Rabih Alameddine, and discover the few things he’s learned about the elasticity of identity and imagination.
Isabel Allende
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing Fiction
View the archive of this 90-minute class from Isabel Allende, one of the most widely read and acclaimed authors in the world, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing fiction, discovering your...
Steve Almond
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing, Failing, and Trying Again
View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling writer and teacher Steve Almond, and discover Five Things He’s Learned about failure’s essential role in success – and about the necessity of reframing our...
Steve Almond
Five Things I've Learned About
Where Stories Come From
View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling writer and teacher Steve Almond, and discover the Five Things he’s Learned about the powerful emotions that serve as the engines of our storytelling – and...
Ashton Applewhite
Five Things I've Learned About
Ageism
View the archive of this 90-minute class from author and activist Ashton Applewhite and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about ageism – and about cheering up, pushing back, and living the life you want to...
Louise Aronson
Five Things I've Learned About
Elderhood
View the archive of this 90-minute class from doctor, educator, professor of medicine, and Pulitzer Prize Award finalist Louise Aronson and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about improving our shared...
Steven Austad
Five Things I've Learned About
What Nature Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Healthier Lives
View the archive of this 90-minute class from distinguished biologist, professor, and author, Steven Austad, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned from researching the lives of animals in the wild about human...
Julianna Baggott
Five Things I've Learned About
Balancing Family, Writing, and the Work/Life Blur
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, producer, and mother Julianna Baggott, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the good, beautiful, weirdly-efficient blur that can streamline your...
Nir Barzilai
Five Things I've Learned About
The New Science of Longevity
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed scientist, professor, and author Dr. Nir Barzilai and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the scientific hacks that can improve your health, increase...
Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson
Five Things I've Learned About
The Two Hollywoods
View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated film historians and writers Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about the people and values that shaped the movie...
Perla Batalla
Five Things I've Learned About
Leonard Cohen: His Women, Onstage and Backstage
View the archive of this 90-minute class from singer-songwriter Perla Batalla, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential role women played again and again in Leonard Cohen’s life and music.
Cara Black
Five Things I've Learned About
Crafting a Sense of Place
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cara Black, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that a strong sense of place anchors readers and...
David W. Blight
Five Things I've Learned About
The Challenges and Triumphs of Writing Biography
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed teacher, scholar and public historian David W. Blight and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways that biography can help us better learn about...
Sari Botton
Five Things I've Learned About
What Aging Means to Oldsters
View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling author, editor, and teacher Sari Botton, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about getting older by inviting people to share their own personal...
Nicholas Buccola
Five Things I've Learned About
Freedom, from Frederick Douglass
View the archive of this 90-minute class from award-winning author and professor Nicholas Buccola and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the meaning and value of freedom by studying the life and writing...
Nicholas Buccola
Five Things I've Learned About
Love, from James Baldwin
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning author and professor Nicholas Buccola, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the meaning of love from the life and thought of James Baldwin.
Hayes Carll
Five Things I've Learned About
Songwriting – in Five Songs
View the archive of this two-hour class and discover the Five Things singer-songwriter Hayes Carll has learned about songwriting – through five great songs that helped give voice to his heartaches, joys, and...
Myisha Cherry
Five Things I've Learned About
The Social Uses of Anger
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Myisha Cherry and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential roles that rage and anger play in public life – and in our...
Judy Collins
Five Things I've Learned About
Leonard Cohen: The Man and His Music
View the archive of this 90-minute class from legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about Leonard Cohen – from her unique position at start of his music career to...
Nina Collins
Five Things I've Learned About
Women and Aging
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, speaker, and founder Nina Collins, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the richness and promise that shape the second half of women’s lives.
Judith Curr
Five Things I've Learned About
How Publishing Works
View the archive of this two-hour class from celebrated President and Publisher of the HarperOne Group, Judith Curr, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the power of storytelling and the joys of...
Liza Donnelly
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning cartoonist Liza Donnelly and discover the Five Things She’s Learned from a lifetime of drawing and writing, and from the fulfillment that comes with looking...
Andre Dubus III
Five Things I've Learned About
The Nature of Memory and Memoir
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning writer and teacher Andre Dubus III, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the fluid, subjective nature of memory – and about the ways writers...
Andre Dubus III
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing as Dreaming
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning writer and teacher Andre Dubus III, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about why writing happens best when we summon the faith and the nerve to get...
Camille Dungy
Five Things I've Learned About
Tending the Gardens of Creativity and Motherhood
View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated poet, writer, editor, and scholar Camille Dungy, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that creativity arises from the soil of our most...
Aaron Dworkin
Five Things I've Learned About
How Social Change Really Happens
View the archive of this 90-minute class from entrepreneur, professor, MacArthur Fellow, and President Obama’s first appointment to the National Council on the Arts, Aaron Dworkin, and discover the Five Things...
Thomas Dyja
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Live in a City
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed writer and historian Thomas Dyja and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how we can use our city’s structures and energies to improve our well-being...
Elissa Epel
Five Things I've Learned About
Stress and Aging
View the archive of this 90-minute class from author, professor, and Director of the Aging Metabolism Emotions Center at UCSF, Elissa Epel, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that transforming...
Joseph Fasano
Five Things I've Learned About
The Craft and Magic of Poetry
View the archive of this two-hour class from poet, novelist, songwriter, and teacher Joseph Fasano and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how poetry works – and how poetry helps us all become better...
Grant Faulkner
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing With Vulnerability
View the archive of this two-hour class from writer, podcaster, and producer Grant Faulkner, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what happens when writers share the most difficult parts of their story...
Grant Faulkner
Five Things I've Learned About
The Art of Brevity
View the archive of this two-hour class from writer and Executive Director of National Writing Month Grant Faulkner, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what happens when you apply the principles and...
Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
What It Takes to Finish a Book
View the archive of this 90-minute class from Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and Brooke Warner, Publisher of She Writes Press, and discover the Five Things They’ve...
Sarah Fay
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing Illness
View the archive of this two-hour class from writer, editor, and educator Sarah Fay, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what it means to write our stories of illness, injury, and recovery.
James Fox
Five Things I've Learned About
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: What Our Government Still Doesn’t Know – and All It Does.
View the archive of this 90-minute class from film-maker and producer James Fox, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about all that’s certain – and all that remains unknown – in light of the U.S....
Marc Freedman
Five Things I've Learned About
The Power that Comes from Connecting Generations
View the archive of this 90-minute class from social entrepreneur and author Marc Freedman and discover Five Things He’s Learned about the great things that happen when generations come together.
Pauline Frommer
Five Things I've Learned About
The Power of a Life-Changing Vacation
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, editor, speaker, and broadcaster Pauline Frommer, and discover Five Things She’s Learned about the ways in which new places and experiences teach us that the...
Robbie Fulks
Five Things I've Learned About
The Nature of Songs
View the archive of this two-hour class from singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter Robbie Fulks and discover Five Things He’s Learned about some of the essential elements that enable...
Mary Gauthier
Five Things I've Learned About
The Healing Power of Songwriting – in Five Songs
View the archive of this two-hour class from singer-songwriter, troubadour, and author Mary Gauthier, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about song’s unique power to bring hope in the face of deep trauma...
Elizabeth George
Five Things I've Learned About
Editing My Own Work
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George, and discover how the Five Things She’s Learned about self-editing can help you to recognize what works in your own...
Don George
Five Things I've Learned About
How to be a Travel Writer
View the archive of this two-hour class from the author of How to Be a Travel Writer, Lonely Planet’s best-selling guide to travel writing, Don George, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what makes...
Janine di Giovanni
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing Narrative Non-Fiction
View the archive of this two-hour class from multi-award winning journalist and author Janine di Giovanni, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing — and appreciating — narrative non-fiction and...
Janine di Giovanni
Five Things I've Learned About
Moral Injury and its Personal Consequence
View the archive of this 90-minute class from multi-award winning journalist and author Janine di Giovanni, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about understanding and surviving the moral injury individuals...
Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.
Five Things I've Learned About
America’s Past, and Its Urgent Lessons for Today
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about keeping connected to the voices and visions of our country’s...
James Gray
Five Things I've Learned About
Craft, and the Movies
View the archive of this 90-minute class from award-winning writer and director James Gray, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the personal and professional craft of moviemaking.
Timothy Hampton
Five Things I've Learned About
Cheerfulness
View the archive of this 90-minute class from professor Timothy Hampton, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the historic roots of cheerfulness, and about how our control this essential tool of...
Timothy Hampton
Five Things I've Learned About
Listening to Bob Dylan
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, scholar, and teacher Timothy Hampton, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned from a lifetime of listening to the greatest songwriter of our time: How some of...
Molly Haskell
Five Things I've Learned About
Movie Love in the Sixties and Seventies
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed author and film critic Molly Haskell, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about loving film and film criticism during the golden age of film appreciation.
Ann Hood
Five Things I've Learned About
Finding the Story Growing in Your Heart
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning author and teacher Ann Hood, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to bring the characters, conflicts, and plot points that keep you up at...
Paul Irving
Five Things I've Learned About
The Upside of Aging
View the archive of this 90-minute class from author and senior fellow at the Milken Institute Paul Irving and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how each of us can make the most of the unprecedented...
Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro
Five Things I've Learned About
The Art of the Interview
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed writers and interviewers Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned from experience about the Art of the Interview.
Pico Iyer
Five Things I've Learned About
The Art of Stillness
View the archive of this two-hour class from internationally-acclaimed writer Pico Iyer and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about opening up space in our heads, and in our days.
Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro
Five Things I've Learned About
Deepening the Creative Flow
View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed writers and interviewers Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned from their own experience — and from the experience of...
Steven Johnson
Five Things I've Learned About
Where Creativity Comes From
View the archive of this two-hour class from best-selling author Steven Johnson, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the critical tools innovative thinkers use to nurture their creative practice – and...
Catherine Grace Katz
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing the History We Think We Know
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed historian and writer Catherine Grace Katz, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to uncover and share the stories that challenge our ideas of...
Laurie R. King
Five Things I've Learned About
What Makes Mysteries Great
View the archive of this two-hour class from best-selling writer Laurie R. King, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential elements of a great mystery, and the rewards they make possible for...
Laurie R. King
Five Things I've Learned About
How Characters Come to Life
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about creating memorable characters who come to life for her readers.
Carol Kino
Five Things I've Learned About
The Forgotten Heroines of American Feminism
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed journalist and historian Carol Kino, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the rewards and challenges that shaped life for American women after World...
Phil Klay
Five Things I've Learned About
Thinking and Writing about Citizenship
View the archive of this two-hour class from U.S. Marine Corps veteran, writer, and teacher Phil Klay and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about American citizenship – what it means, the obligations it places...
Scott Klug
Five Things I've Learned About
America – By Talking to Americans Lost in the Middle
Get your free ticket now and join former Wisconsin congressman and current podcast host Scott Klug for this free, 90-minute class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about America’s political orphans – the...
Stephanie Land
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing, From the Margins of America
View the archive of this two-hour class from writer and speaker Stephanie Land, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing that breaks down walls and encourages empathy toward others – and about how...
Elizabeth Lesser
Five Things I've Learned About
How the Hero’s Journey Changes When Women are the Storytellers
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author and Omega Institute co-founder Elizabeth Lesser, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what happens when women trust their...
Alan Light
Five Things I've Learned About
America – from Five American Musicians
Get your free ticket now and join writer, editor, and broadcaster Alan Light for this free, 90-minute class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about our country’s complexities, possibilities, and limitations...
John Lissauer
Five Things I've Learned About
Leonard Cohen: The Songwriter and the Secret Chord
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed songwriter, producer, and arranger John Lissauer, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the inspiration, writing, and recording of some of Leonard...
Gordon Lithgow
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Live Better Longer
View the archive of this 90-minute class from distinguished scientist, researcher, and professor Gordon Lithgow and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about scientists’ remarkable recent efforts to slow aging...
Phillip Lopate
Five Things I've Learned About
Reading and Writing the Essay
View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed author and editor Phillip Lopate — the celebrated central figure in the revival of the American essay —, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about...
Julie Lythcott-Haims
Five Things I've Learned About
Making Love Work
View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about deepening her ability to love others, and the practical steps that help her...
Jennifer Mercieca
Five Things I've Learned About
America – from 30 Years Studying Communication and Democracy
Get your free ticket now and join award-winning professor Dr. Jennifer Mercieca for this free 90-minute class and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the increasing weaponization of our public discourse –...
Anne Midgette
Five Things I've Learned About
The Women Who Shaped Classical Music
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed music critic Anne Midgette, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the women whose important work provides new ways to understand and enjoy the...
Anne Midgette
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Love Opera Like an Insider
View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed music critic and opera insider Anne Midgette, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned that make it easy to appreciate and enjoy this essential art form.
BJ Miller
Five Things I've Learned About
Living and Dying During the Pandemic
View the archive of this two-hour class from hospice and palliative care specialist Dr. BJ Miller, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned anew about living and preparing for death after this year of shared loss,...
Roosevelt Montás
Five Things I've Learned About
Self-Transformation, by Reading Ancient Books
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Roosevelt Montás and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the transforming power of the Great Books—and why the ideas and passions...
Allison Moorer
Five Things I've Learned About
What Memoir Demands. And All it Makes Possible.
View the archive of this two-hour class from singer/songwriter, producer, and author Allison Moorer, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about sharing her family’s stories in prose and in song – and...
Beto O’Rourke
Five Things I've Learned About
America – and Our Common Ground
Get your free ticket now and join Powered by People founder and former Texas State Congressman Beto O’Rourke and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the common concerns and ideals that connect individuals...
Trygve Olson
Five Things I've Learned About
America – and the Enduring Example of Our Democracy
Get your free ticket now and join election expert, speaker, and Lincoln Project advisor Trygve Olson for this free, 90-minute class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about American democracy’s essential...
Susan Orlean
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing a Memoir
View this two-hour class from acclaimed journalist and author Susan Orlean, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned while writing her forthcoming memoir, and about the approaches sure to be of help as you share...
Susan Orlean
Five Things I've Learned About
Finding the Perfect Story
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning author Susan Orlean, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that writers and readers can look at the world – and at stories – in new...
Peter Orner
Five Things I've Learned About
The Art of Re-Reading (and Re-Re-Reading)
View the archive of this two-hour class from Peter Orner and Yvette Benavides, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about the joys of returning to their favorite stories and short-story writers. They look at...
Peter Orner
Five Things I've Learned About
Prose Momentum – in Five Great Paragraphs
View the archive of this two-hour class from celebrated novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and professor Peter Orner, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how great writers create remarkable movement...
Peter Orner
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing (by Not Writing)
View the archive of this two-hour class from celebrated novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and professor Peter Orner and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how worrying less, chilling out, and...
Richard Panek
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing What You Don’t Know
View the archive of this two-hour class from best-selling writer and teacher Richard Panek, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the spirit of discovery and exploration – and the process by which great...
Holly Lynn Payne
Five Things I've Learned About
The Power of Page One
View the archive of this two-hour class from novelist and host of “The Page One Podcast” Holly Payne, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about a book’s critical first page – and about how you can ensure...
Alexander Payne
Five Things I've Learned About
Film Making and Film Watching
View the archive of this 90-minute class from Academy-Award-winning writer and director Alexander Payne in conversation with Richard Peña, and discover the Five Things He Thinks He’s Learned about writing,...
Richard Peña and Phillip Lopate
Five Things I've Learned About
Cinema’s Past, Present, and Future
View the archive of this 90-minute class from global-film community tastemakers Richard Peña and Phillip Lopate, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about cinema’s rich history — and about the many...
Andrew Penn
Five Things I've Learned About
Psychedelic Science and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
View the archive of this 90-minute class from speaker, researcher, and UCSF Clinical Professor Andrew Penn, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways that psychedelic-assisted therapy is...
Maya C. Popa
Five Things I've Learned About
Poetic Form
View the archive of this two-hour class from writer, editor, and teacher Maya C. Popa and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about the ways that poetic form both organizes and conveys our essential emotions and...
Dr. Ken Robbins
Five Things I've Learned About
Aging and Dementia
View the archive of this 90-minute class from doctor, psychiatrist, and medical director Dr. Ken Robbins, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the latest, most effective care for individuals suffering from...
Jerry Saltz
Five Things I've Learned About
How Art Happens – In Six Great Works
View the archive of this two-hour class from Pulitzer Prize winning critic and author Jerry Saltz, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about all that happens each time we encounter a work of art – and why...
Jerry Saltz
Five Things I've Learned About
Where Art and the Art World are Right Now
View the archive of this two-hour class from Pulitzer Prize winning critic and author Jerry Saltz, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the remarkable advances that have refashioned art and the art world...
Jerry Saltz
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Look at Art
View the archive of this 90-minute class from Pulitzer-Prize winning art critic and New York magazine columnist Jerry Saltz, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how artists and art lovers become really...
Greg Sandow
Five Things I've Learned About
The Death of Classical Music
View the archive of this 90-minute class from classical music composer, critic, teacher, and thought leader Greg Sandow, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the contemporary cultural shifts reshaping...
Russell Shorto
Five Things I've Learned About
How Manhattan Became “The Island at the Center of the World”
View the archive of this 90-minute class from New York Times bestselling writer Russell Shorto, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how the Dutch founding of New York City shaped the world’s most...
Russell Shorto
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing Family History
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling writer Russell Shorto, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about diving into your past and bringing the story you find there to life.
Sylvie Simmons
Five Things I've Learned About
The Life of Leonard Cohen
View the archive of this 90-minute class from author, journalist, biographer, and singer-songwriter Sylvie Simmons, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about Leonard Cohen – and all she still learns from...
Claire Bidwell Smith
Five Things I've Learned About
Living and Writing After Loss
View the archive of this two-hour class from grief expert and author Claire Bidwell Smith, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about reconciling the anxiety and loss that accompanies grief – and about the...
Stuart Stevens
Five Things I've Learned About
America – and the Forces Driving Democracy to Autocracy
Get your free ticket now and join best-selling author and former Republican strategist Stuart Stevens and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about his old party and its role in the coordinated forces working to...
Laurie Stone and Richard Toon
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Write a Seductive Sentence
View the archive of this two-hour class from writers and teachers Laurie Stone and Richard Toon and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about the ways that great writing delivers genuine pleasure for the reader...
Matt Strain
Five Things I've Learned About
The Ways A.I. is Revolutionizing the Writing Process
View the archive of this two-hour class from Adobe Research Lab veteran Matt Strain, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways artificial intelligence is helping writers find new ways to develop...
Matt Strain
Five Things I've Learned About
Getting Started with A.I. – for Real People
View the archive of this 90-minute class from Adobe Research Lab veteran Matt Strain in and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about getting started in the emerging, exciting world of artificial intelligence.
Cheryl Strayed
Five Things I've Learned About
Nurturing Your Artistic Life (While Keeping the Almighty List)
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times best-selling author Cheryl Strayed, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to honor your desire to create and see your projects through –...
James Surowiecki
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Write about Ideas
View the archive of this two-hour class from journalist and author James Surowiecki and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how to write about ideas – how to take complicated concepts and make them...
James Surowiecki
Five Things I've Learned About
The Wisdom and Madness of Social Media
View the archive of this 90-minute class from journalist and author James Surowiecki and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how the Internet is reshaping the way we learn and think – and why, for all of...
Jonathan Taplin
Five Things I've Learned About
The Future of Media and Democracy
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed producer, executive, professor, and author Jonathan Taplin, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the tenuous link between media and democracy –...
Bob Thurman
Five Things I've Learned About
Wisdom, Bliss, and Openness
View the archive of this two-hour class from scholar, writer, translator, and teacher Bob Thurman, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about achieving reliable and lasting happiness during his lifetime...
Nicole Tung
Five Things I've Learned About
Documenting Stories of Conflict
View the archive of this 90-minute class from multi-award-winning photojournalist Nicole Tung, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about photos’ unique power to inform, to connect, and to document...
Dr. Eric Verdin
Five Things I've Learned About
Covid-19, Aging, and the Immune System
View the archive of this 90-minute class from President and Chief Executive Officer of the Buck Institute Dr. Eric Verdin, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about aging and immunity by studying Covid-19 –...
LTC (Ret.) Alexander Vindman
Five Things I've Learned About
Responding to Russian Aggression and the War in Ukraine
View the archive of this 90-minute class from retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about this critical time in history from his years engaging with...
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Five Things I've Learned About
Documenting the Lives I Admire Most
View the archive of this 90-minute class from award-winning documentary filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland — and her special guest Penelope Tree—, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about documenting and...
Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
How Creative Women Thrive
View the archive of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that women can move past the self-limiting assumptions, conditioning, and...
Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
What It Takes to Get Published
View the archive of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what agents, editors, and publishers look at when considering a new manuscript –...
Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
How Women Writers Thrive
View the archive of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned during her nearly two decades of leading and championing women-only publishing about the...
Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
Giving Voice to What Matters in the New Year
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about putting out the message you most want to share in the new year.
Sam Wasson
Five Things I've Learned About
The Last Time I Saw Hollywood
View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated author Sam Wasson, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about Hollywood’s second golden age, and the ways that those few gorgeous years in the late...
Lewis Watts
Five Things I've Learned About
Documenting Migration and Culture
View the archive of this 90-minute class from photographer, archivist, curator, and teacher Lewis Watts, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about photography’s power to trace, preserve, and celebrate the...
Rick Wilson
Five Things I've Learned About
How We Win the Messaging Wars and Save Democracy
View the archive of this 90-minute class from ex-Republican political strategist, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, and best-selling author Rick Wilson, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what we can...
Simon Winchester
Five Things I've Learned About
The Joy of Dictionaries
View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated writer and raconteur Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman and The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, and...
Matthew Zapruder
Five Things I've Learned About
Honoring Family as a Source of Creativity
View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated poet, writer, and professor Matthew Zapruder, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about honoring family as a source of creative inspiration – about...
Larissa Zimberoff
Five Things I've Learned About
What Will Be On Our Plate in Ten Years
View the archive of this 90-minute class from investigative journalist Larissa Zimberoff, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how technology is reshaping our food and reimagining our food system –...
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Kim Addonizio
Five Things I've Learned About
The Poem’s Progress
View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed poet, fiction writer, and essayist Kim Addonizio, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the way that great poems work to surprise us, transcend...
Kim Addonizio
Five Things I've Learned About
Shaping the Personal Essay
View the archive of this two hour class from poet, fiction writer, and essayist Kim Addonizio, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the opportunities that personal writing offers writers and readers –...
Rabih Alameddine
Five Things I've Learned About
Being Grumpy
View the archive of this 90-minute class from internationally-acclaimed writer Rabih Alameddine, and discover the few things he’s learned about the elasticity of identity and imagination.
Isabel Allende
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing Fiction
View the archive of this 90-minute class from Isabel Allende, one of the most widely read and acclaimed authors in the world, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing fiction, discovering your...
Steve Almond
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing, Failing, and Trying Again
View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling writer and teacher Steve Almond, and discover Five Things He’s Learned about failure’s essential role in success – and about the necessity of reframing our...
Steve Almond
Five Things I've Learned About
Where Stories Come From
View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling writer and teacher Steve Almond, and discover the Five Things he’s Learned about the powerful emotions that serve as the engines of our storytelling – and...
Ashton Applewhite
Five Things I've Learned About
Ageism
View the archive of this 90-minute class from author and activist Ashton Applewhite and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about ageism – and about cheering up, pushing back, and living the life you want to...
Louise Aronson
Five Things I've Learned About
Elderhood
View the archive of this 90-minute class from doctor, educator, professor of medicine, and Pulitzer Prize Award finalist Louise Aronson and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about improving our shared...
Steven Austad
Five Things I've Learned About
What Nature Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Healthier Lives
View the archive of this 90-minute class from distinguished biologist, professor, and author, Steven Austad, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned from researching the lives of animals in the wild about human...
Julianna Baggott
Five Things I've Learned About
Balancing Family, Writing, and the Work/Life Blur
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, producer, and mother Julianna Baggott, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the good, beautiful, weirdly-efficient blur that can streamline your...
Nir Barzilai
Five Things I've Learned About
The New Science of Longevity
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed scientist, professor, and author Dr. Nir Barzilai and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the scientific hacks that can improve your health, increase...
Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson
Five Things I've Learned About
The Two Hollywoods
View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated film historians and writers Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about the people and values that shaped the movie...
Perla Batalla
Five Things I've Learned About
Leonard Cohen: His Women, Onstage and Backstage
View the archive of this 90-minute class from singer-songwriter Perla Batalla, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential role women played again and again in Leonard Cohen’s life and music.
Cara Black
Five Things I've Learned About
Crafting a Sense of Place
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cara Black, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that a strong sense of place anchors readers and...
David W. Blight
Five Things I've Learned About
The Challenges and Triumphs of Writing Biography
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed teacher, scholar and public historian David W. Blight and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways that biography can help us better learn about...
Sari Botton
Five Things I've Learned About
What Aging Means to Oldsters
View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling author, editor, and teacher Sari Botton, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about getting older by inviting people to share their own personal...
Nicholas Buccola
Five Things I've Learned About
Freedom, from Frederick Douglass
View the archive of this 90-minute class from award-winning author and professor Nicholas Buccola and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the meaning and value of freedom by studying the life and writing...
Nicholas Buccola
Five Things I've Learned About
Love, from James Baldwin
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning author and professor Nicholas Buccola, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the meaning of love from the life and thought of James Baldwin.
Hayes Carll
Five Things I've Learned About
Songwriting – in Five Songs
View the archive of this two-hour class and discover the Five Things singer-songwriter Hayes Carll has learned about songwriting – through five great songs that helped give voice to his heartaches, joys, and...
Victoria Chang
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity – by Being an Outsider
Join poet and writer Victoria Chang in this live, two-hour conversation with Matthew Zapruder and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that following an unconventional path can be a surprising...
Myisha Cherry
Five Things I've Learned About
The Social Uses of Anger
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Myisha Cherry and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential roles that rage and anger play in public life – and in our...
Judy Collins
Five Things I've Learned About
Leonard Cohen: The Man and His Music
View the archive of this 90-minute class from legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about Leonard Cohen – from her unique position at start of his music career to...
Nina Collins
Five Things I've Learned About
Women and Aging
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, speaker, and founder Nina Collins, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the richness and promise that shape the second half of women’s lives.
Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity – by Writing Through Crisis
Join writer Ingrid Rojas Contreras in this live, two-hour conversation with Matthew Zapruder and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing and creativity – and about the artistic necessity to write from...
Judith Curr
Five Things I've Learned About
How Publishing Works
View the archive of this two-hour class from celebrated President and Publisher of the HarperOne Group, Judith Curr, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the power of storytelling and the joys of...
Liza Donnelly
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning cartoonist Liza Donnelly and discover the Five Things She’s Learned from a lifetime of drawing and writing, and from the fulfillment that comes with looking...
Andre Dubus III
Five Things I've Learned About
The Nature of Memory and Memoir
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning writer and teacher Andre Dubus III, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the fluid, subjective nature of memory – and about the ways writers...
Andre Dubus III
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing as Dreaming
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning writer and teacher Andre Dubus III, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about why writing happens best when we summon the faith and the nerve to get...
Camille Dungy
Five Things I've Learned About
Tending the Gardens of Creativity and Motherhood
View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated poet, writer, editor, and scholar Camille Dungy, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that creativity arises from the soil of our most...
Aaron Dworkin
Five Things I've Learned About
How Social Change Really Happens
View the archive of this 90-minute class from entrepreneur, professor, MacArthur Fellow, and President Obama’s first appointment to the National Council on the Arts, Aaron Dworkin, and discover the Five Things...
Thomas Dyja
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Live in a City
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed writer and historian Thomas Dyja and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how we can use our city’s structures and energies to improve our well-being...
Elissa Epel
Five Things I've Learned About
Stress and Aging
View the archive of this 90-minute class from author, professor, and Director of the Aging Metabolism Emotions Center at UCSF, Elissa Epel, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that transforming...
Joseph Fasano
Five Things I've Learned About
The Craft and Magic of Poetry
View the archive of this two-hour class from poet, novelist, songwriter, and teacher Joseph Fasano and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how poetry works – and how poetry helps us all become better...
Grant Faulkner
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing With Vulnerability
View the archive of this two-hour class from writer, podcaster, and producer Grant Faulkner, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what happens when writers share the most difficult parts of their story...
Grant Faulkner
Five Things I've Learned About
The Art of Brevity
View the archive of this two-hour class from writer and Executive Director of National Writing Month Grant Faulkner, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what happens when you apply the principles and...
Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
What It Takes to Finish a Book
View the archive of this 90-minute class from Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and Brooke Warner, Publisher of She Writes Press, and discover the Five Things They’ve...
Sarah Fay
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing Illness
View the archive of this two-hour class from writer, editor, and educator Sarah Fay, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what it means to write our stories of illness, injury, and recovery.
James Fox
Five Things I've Learned About
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: What Our Government Still Doesn’t Know – and All It Does.
View the archive of this 90-minute class from film-maker and producer James Fox, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about all that’s certain – and all that remains unknown – in light of the U.S....
Marc Freedman
Five Things I've Learned About
The Power that Comes from Connecting Generations
View the archive of this 90-minute class from social entrepreneur and author Marc Freedman and discover Five Things He’s Learned about the great things that happen when generations come together.
Pauline Frommer
Five Things I've Learned About
The Power of a Life-Changing Vacation
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, editor, speaker, and broadcaster Pauline Frommer, and discover Five Things She’s Learned about the ways in which new places and experiences teach us that the...
Robbie Fulks
Five Things I've Learned About
The Nature of Songs
View the archive of this two-hour class from singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter Robbie Fulks and discover Five Things He’s Learned about some of the essential elements that enable...
Mary Gauthier
Five Things I've Learned About
The Healing Power of Songwriting – in Five Songs
View the archive of this two-hour class from singer-songwriter, troubadour, and author Mary Gauthier, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about song’s unique power to bring hope in the face of deep trauma...
Elizabeth George
Five Things I've Learned About
Editing My Own Work
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George, and discover how the Five Things She’s Learned about self-editing can help you to recognize what works in your own...
Don George
Five Things I've Learned About
How to be a Travel Writer
View the archive of this two-hour class from the author of How to Be a Travel Writer, Lonely Planet’s best-selling guide to travel writing, Don George, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what makes...
Janine di Giovanni
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing Narrative Non-Fiction
View the archive of this two-hour class from multi-award winning journalist and author Janine di Giovanni, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing — and appreciating — narrative non-fiction and...
Janine di Giovanni
Five Things I've Learned About
Moral Injury and its Personal Consequence
View the archive of this 90-minute class from multi-award winning journalist and author Janine di Giovanni, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about understanding and surviving the moral injury individuals...
Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.
Five Things I've Learned About
America’s Past, and Its Urgent Lessons for Today
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about keeping connected to the voices and visions of our country’s...
Adam Gopnik
Five Things I've Learned About
…Five Things I’ve Learned
Join best-selling author, essayist, public speaker, lyricist and libretto writer Adam Gopnik in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the mystery of mastery – and about the ways...
James Gray
Five Things I've Learned About
Craft, and the Movies
View the archive of this 90-minute class from award-winning writer and director James Gray, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the personal and professional craft of moviemaking.
Timothy Hampton
Five Things I've Learned About
Cheerfulness
View the archive of this 90-minute class from professor Timothy Hampton, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the historic roots of cheerfulness, and about how our control this essential tool of...
Timothy Hampton
Five Things I've Learned About
Listening to Bob Dylan
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, scholar, and teacher Timothy Hampton, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned from a lifetime of listening to the greatest songwriter of our time: How some of...
Daniel Handler
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity – That Turn Out To Be Wrong
Join best-selling writer Daniel Handler in this live, two-hour conversation with Matthew Zapruder and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about Creativity – or the five things he had thought he’d learned, until...
Molly Haskell
Five Things I've Learned About
Movie Love in the Sixties and Seventies
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed author and film critic Molly Haskell, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about loving film and film criticism during the golden age of film appreciation.
Will Hermes
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing about Music and Musicians
Join culture journalist, author and teacher Will Hermes for this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how to articulate and share the emotional impact of songs you love — how to...
Jane Hirshfield
Five Things I've Learned About
Poems as Fields of Discovery
Join award-winning poet, essayist, and translator Jane Hirshfield in this live, two-hour class and discover the ways that poems’ original seeing can be invited, recognized, and worked with to open new depth,...
Ann Hood
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing Memoir
Join award-winning author and teacher Ann Hood, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to bring focus to a singular slice of your life in ways that produce the story that you want to read – and write.
Ann Hood
Five Things I've Learned About
Finding the Story Growing in Your Heart
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning author and teacher Ann Hood, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to bring the characters, conflicts, and plot points that keep you up at...
Paul Irving
Five Things I've Learned About
The Upside of Aging
View the archive of this 90-minute class from author and senior fellow at the Milken Institute Paul Irving and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how each of us can make the most of the unprecedented...
Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro
Five Things I've Learned About
The Art of the Interview
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed writers and interviewers Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned from experience about the Art of the Interview.
Pico Iyer
Five Things I've Learned About
The Art of Stillness
View the archive of this two-hour class from internationally-acclaimed writer Pico Iyer and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about opening up space in our heads, and in our days.
Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro
Five Things I've Learned About
Deepening the Creative Flow
View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed writers and interviewers Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned from their own experience — and from the experience of...
Steven Johnson
Five Things I've Learned About
Where Creativity Comes From
View the archive of this two-hour class from best-selling author Steven Johnson, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the critical tools innovative thinkers use to nurture their creative practice – and...
Catherine Grace Katz
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing the History We Think We Know
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed historian and writer Catherine Grace Katz, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to uncover and share the stories that challenge our ideas of...
Laurie R. King
Five Things I've Learned About
What Makes Mysteries Great
View the archive of this two-hour class from best-selling writer Laurie R. King, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential elements of a great mystery, and the rewards they make possible for...
Laurie R. King
Five Things I've Learned About
How Characters Come to Life
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about creating memorable characters who come to life for her readers.
Carol Kino
Five Things I've Learned About
The Forgotten Heroines of American Feminism
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed journalist and historian Carol Kino, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the rewards and challenges that shaped life for American women after World...
Phil Klay
Five Things I've Learned About
Thinking and Writing about Citizenship
View the archive of this two-hour class from U.S. Marine Corps veteran, writer, and teacher Phil Klay and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about American citizenship – what it means, the obligations it places...
Scott Klug
Five Things I've Learned About
America – By Talking to Americans Lost in the Middle
Get your free ticket now and join former Wisconsin congressman and current podcast host Scott Klug for this free, 90-minute class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about America’s political orphans – the...
Stephanie Land
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing, From the Margins of America
View the archive of this two-hour class from writer and speaker Stephanie Land, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing that breaks down walls and encourages empathy toward others – and about how...
Elizabeth Lesser
Five Things I've Learned About
How the Hero’s Journey Changes When Women are the Storytellers
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author and Omega Institute co-founder Elizabeth Lesser, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what happens when women trust their...
Alan Light
Five Things I've Learned About
America – from Five American Musicians
Get your free ticket now and join writer, editor, and broadcaster Alan Light for this free, 90-minute class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about our country’s complexities, possibilities, and limitations...
John Lissauer
Five Things I've Learned About
Leonard Cohen: The Songwriter and the Secret Chord
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed songwriter, producer, and arranger John Lissauer, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the inspiration, writing, and recording of some of Leonard...
Gordon Lithgow
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Live Better Longer
View the archive of this 90-minute class from distinguished scientist, researcher, and professor Gordon Lithgow and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about scientists’ remarkable recent efforts to slow aging...
Phillip Lopate
Five Things I've Learned About
Reading and Writing the Essay
View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed author and editor Phillip Lopate — the celebrated central figure in the revival of the American essay —, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about...
Julie Lythcott-Haims
Five Things I've Learned About
Making Love Work
View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about deepening her ability to love others, and the practical steps that help her...
Rebecca Makkai
Five Things I've Learned About
Grasping Point of View – on the Page and in the World
Join celebrated writer and teacher Rebecca Makkai in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the issue she’s found most connected to almost early every problem on the page – and...
Jennifer Mercieca
Five Things I've Learned About
America – from 30 Years Studying Communication and Democracy
Get your free ticket now and join award-winning professor Dr. Jennifer Mercieca for this free 90-minute class and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the increasing weaponization of our public discourse –...
Anne Midgette
Five Things I've Learned About
The Women Who Shaped Classical Music
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed music critic Anne Midgette, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the women whose important work provides new ways to understand and enjoy the...
Anne Midgette
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Love Opera Like an Insider
View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed music critic and opera insider Anne Midgette, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned that make it easy to appreciate and enjoy this essential art form.
BJ Miller
Five Things I've Learned About
Living and Dying During the Pandemic
View the archive of this two-hour class from hospice and palliative care specialist Dr. BJ Miller, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned anew about living and preparing for death after this year of shared loss,...
Roosevelt Montás
Five Things I've Learned About
Self-Transformation, by Reading Ancient Books
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Roosevelt Montás and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the transforming power of the Great Books—and why the ideas and passions...
Allison Moorer
Five Things I've Learned About
What Memoir Demands. And All it Makes Possible.
View the archive of this two-hour class from singer/songwriter, producer, and author Allison Moorer, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about sharing her family’s stories in prose and in song – and...
Beto O’Rourke
Five Things I've Learned About
America – and Our Common Ground
Get your free ticket now and join Powered by People founder and former Texas State Congressman Beto O’Rourke and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the common concerns and ideals that connect individuals...
Trygve Olson
Five Things I've Learned About
America – and the Enduring Example of Our Democracy
Get your free ticket now and join election expert, speaker, and Lincoln Project advisor Trygve Olson for this free, 90-minute class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about American democracy’s essential...
Susan Orlean
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing a Memoir
View this two-hour class from acclaimed journalist and author Susan Orlean, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned while writing her forthcoming memoir, and about the approaches sure to be of help as you share...
Susan Orlean
Five Things I've Learned About
Finding the Perfect Story
View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning author Susan Orlean, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that writers and readers can look at the world – and at stories – in new...
Peter Orner
Five Things I've Learned About
The Art of Re-Reading (and Re-Re-Reading)
View the archive of this two-hour class from Peter Orner and Yvette Benavides, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about the joys of returning to their favorite stories and short-story writers. They look at...
Peter Orner
Five Things I've Learned About
Prose Momentum – in Five Great Paragraphs
View the archive of this two-hour class from celebrated novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and professor Peter Orner, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how great writers create remarkable movement...
Peter Orner
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing (by Not Writing)
View the archive of this two-hour class from celebrated novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and professor Peter Orner and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how worrying less, chilling out, and...
Richard Panek
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing What You Don’t Know
View the archive of this two-hour class from best-selling writer and teacher Richard Panek, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the spirit of discovery and exploration – and the process by which great...
Holly Lynn Payne
Five Things I've Learned About
The Power of Page One
View the archive of this two-hour class from novelist and host of “The Page One Podcast” Holly Payne, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about a book’s critical first page – and about how you can ensure...
Alexander Payne
Five Things I've Learned About
Film Making and Film Watching
View the archive of this 90-minute class from Academy-Award-winning writer and director Alexander Payne in conversation with Richard Peña, and discover the Five Things He Thinks He’s Learned about writing,...
Richard Peña and Phillip Lopate
Five Things I've Learned About
Cinema’s Past, Present, and Future
View the archive of this 90-minute class from global-film community tastemakers Richard Peña and Phillip Lopate, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about cinema’s rich history — and about the many...
Andrew Penn
Five Things I've Learned About
Psychedelic Science and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
View the archive of this 90-minute class from speaker, researcher, and UCSF Clinical Professor Andrew Penn, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways that psychedelic-assisted therapy is...
Maya C. Popa
Five Things I've Learned About
Poetic Form
View the archive of this two-hour class from writer, editor, and teacher Maya C. Popa and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about the ways that poetic form both organizes and conveys our essential emotions and...
Joe Randazzo
Five Things I've Learned About
Getting to the Best Idea, from My Time Leading The Onion
Join writer, editor and performer Joe Randazzo in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about cultivating creativity and collaboration – and about all it takes to consistently turn...
Dr. Ken Robbins
Five Things I've Learned About
Aging and Dementia
View the archive of this 90-minute class from doctor, psychiatrist, and medical director Dr. Ken Robbins, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the latest, most effective care for individuals suffering from...
Michael Ruhlman
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing, By Writing about Food
Join Michael Ruhlman – best-selling writer of more than 30 books of non-fiction, fiction, memoir and cookbooks – in this live two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about writing and living well...
Jerry Saltz
Five Things I've Learned About
How Art Happens – In Six Great Works
View the archive of this two-hour class from Pulitzer Prize winning critic and author Jerry Saltz, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about all that happens each time we encounter a work of art – and why...
Jerry Saltz
Five Things I've Learned About
Where Art and the Art World are Right Now
View the archive of this two-hour class from Pulitzer Prize winning critic and author Jerry Saltz, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the remarkable advances that have refashioned art and the art world...
Jerry Saltz
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Look at Art
View the archive of this 90-minute class from Pulitzer-Prize winning art critic and New York magazine columnist Jerry Saltz, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how artists and art lovers become really...
Greg Sandow
Five Things I've Learned About
The Death of Classical Music
View the archive of this 90-minute class from classical music composer, critic, teacher, and thought leader Greg Sandow, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the contemporary cultural shifts reshaping...
Russell Shorto
Five Things I've Learned About
How Manhattan Became “The Island at the Center of the World”
View the archive of this 90-minute class from New York Times bestselling writer Russell Shorto, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how the Dutch founding of New York City shaped the world’s most...
Russell Shorto
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing Family History
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling writer Russell Shorto, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about diving into your past and bringing the story you find there to life.
Sylvie Simmons
Five Things I've Learned About
The Life of Leonard Cohen
View the archive of this 90-minute class from author, journalist, biographer, and singer-songwriter Sylvie Simmons, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about Leonard Cohen – and all she still learns from...
Maggie Smith
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity – During Times of Upheaval
Join best-selling writer and poet Maggie Smith in a live, two-hour conversation with Matthew Zapruder and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what it means to prioritize your creative practice in ways that...
Claire Bidwell Smith
Five Things I've Learned About
Living and Writing After Loss
View the archive of this two-hour class from grief expert and author Claire Bidwell Smith, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about reconciling the anxiety and loss that accompanies grief – and about the...
Matthew Specktor
Five Things I've Learned About
Writing the Self in Memoir and Fiction
Join novelist, memoirist, cultural critic, and screenwriter Matthew Specktor this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the powerful ways that the imagination can operate in nonfiction...
Stuart Stevens
Five Things I've Learned About
America – and the Forces Driving Democracy to Autocracy
Get your free ticket now and join best-selling author and former Republican strategist Stuart Stevens and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about his old party and its role in the coordinated forces working to...
Danté Stewart
Five Things I've Learned About
The Power of Narrative
Join writer, poet, and minister Danté Stewart in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about storytelling’s power and magic, and all that happens when readers encounter stories that...
Laurie Stone and Richard Toon
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Write a Seductive Sentence
View the archive of this two-hour class from writers and teachers Laurie Stone and Richard Toon and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about the ways that great writing delivers genuine pleasure for the reader...
Matt Strain
Five Things I've Learned About
The Ways A.I. is Revolutionizing the Writing Process
View the archive of this two-hour class from Adobe Research Lab veteran Matt Strain, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways artificial intelligence is helping writers find new ways to develop...
Matt Strain
Five Things I've Learned About
Getting Started with A.I. – for Real People
View the archive of this 90-minute class from Adobe Research Lab veteran Matt Strain in and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about getting started in the emerging, exciting world of artificial intelligence.
Cheryl Strayed
Five Things I've Learned About
Nurturing Your Artistic Life (While Keeping the Almighty List)
View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times best-selling author Cheryl Strayed, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to honor your desire to create and see your projects through –...
James Surowiecki
Five Things I've Learned About
How to Write about Ideas
View the archive of this two-hour class from journalist and author James Surowiecki and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how to write about ideas – how to take complicated concepts and make them...
James Surowiecki
Five Things I've Learned About
The Wisdom and Madness of Social Media
View the archive of this 90-minute class from journalist and author James Surowiecki and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how the Internet is reshaping the way we learn and think – and why, for all of...
Amber Tamblyn
Five Things I've Learned About
Creativity – and Harnessing Emotion in the Service of Powerful Art
Join poet, author, actress, and director Amber Tamblyn in this live, two-hour conversation with Matthew Zapruder and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to harness our emotions into the full force of...
Jonathan Taplin
Five Things I've Learned About
The Future of Media and Democracy
View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed producer, executive, professor, and author Jonathan Taplin, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the tenuous link between media and democracy –...
Bob Thurman
Five Things I've Learned About
Wisdom, Bliss, and Openness
View the archive of this two-hour class from scholar, writer, translator, and teacher Bob Thurman, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about achieving reliable and lasting happiness during his lifetime...
Nicole Tung
Five Things I've Learned About
Documenting Stories of Conflict
View the archive of this 90-minute class from multi-award-winning photojournalist Nicole Tung, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about photos’ unique power to inform, to connect, and to document...
Dr. Eric Verdin
Five Things I've Learned About
Covid-19, Aging, and the Immune System
View the archive of this 90-minute class from President and Chief Executive Officer of the Buck Institute Dr. Eric Verdin, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about aging and immunity by studying Covid-19 –...
LTC (Ret.) Alexander Vindman
Five Things I've Learned About
Responding to Russian Aggression and the War in Ukraine
View the archive of this 90-minute class from retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about this critical time in history from his years engaging with...
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Five Things I've Learned About
Documenting the Lives I Admire Most
View the archive of this 90-minute class from award-winning documentary filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland — and her special guest Penelope Tree—, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about documenting and...
Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
How Threshold Moments Shape Our Stories
Join editor, writer, and publisher Brooke Warner in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways in which our intimate responses to change can positively drive our most powerful...
Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
How Creative Women Thrive
View the archive of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that women can move past the self-limiting assumptions, conditioning, and...
Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
What It Takes to Get Published
View the archive of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what agents, editors, and publishers look at when considering a new manuscript –...
Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
How Women Writers Thrive
View the archive of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned during her nearly two decades of leading and championing women-only publishing about the...
Brooke Warner
Five Things I've Learned About
Giving Voice to What Matters in the New Year
View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about putting out the message you most want to share in the new year.
Sam Wasson
Five Things I've Learned About
The Last Time I Saw Hollywood
View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated author Sam Wasson, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about Hollywood’s second golden age, and the ways that those few gorgeous years in the late...
Lewis Watts
Five Things I've Learned About
Documenting Migration and Culture
View the archive of this 90-minute class from photographer, archivist, curator, and teacher Lewis Watts, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about photography’s power to trace, preserve, and celebrate the...
Rick Wilson
Five Things I've Learned About
How We Win the Messaging Wars and Save Democracy
View the archive of this 90-minute class from ex-Republican political strategist, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, and best-selling author Rick Wilson, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what we can...
Simon Winchester
Five Things I've Learned About
The Joy of Dictionaries
View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated writer and raconteur Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman and The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, and...
Matthew Zapruder
Five Things I've Learned About
Maintaining a Creative Practice in the Chaos
Join celebrated poet, writer, and professor Matthew Zapruder in this live, two-hour class, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the practical and spiritual techniques that have helped him to keep the...
Matthew Zapruder
Five Things I've Learned About
Honoring Family as a Source of Creativity
View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated poet, writer, and professor Matthew Zapruder, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about honoring family as a source of creative inspiration – about...
Larissa Zimberoff
Five Things I've Learned About
What Will Be On Our Plate in Ten Years
View the archive of this 90-minute class from investigative journalist Larissa Zimberoff, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how technology is reshaping our food and reimagining our food system –...