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2025 Rooted & Written Symposium and Interim Programming is here!

Announcing the 2025 Rooted & Written Symposium and Interim Programming! This will consist of a weekend online symposium, a write-in series, and reading panels composed of alumni. the 2025 Rooted & Written events are only for Rooted & Written alumni and are free. Registration is required to secure your place for the classes. You can register only through the link that will be sent directly to your email. Please make sure you include rootedwritten(at)gmail.com in your contact list.

Upcoming Classes & Events

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03/29

Today

Thu, Mar. 06

6:30-9:00pm PT

Members Only: Table Reading

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7:00-8:00pm PT

Winter Write-Ins: March 6th with Laurie Ann Doyle

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Fri, Mar. 07

12:00-1:00pm PT

Words and Stories Series at Salesforce Park: Prose featuring Nina Schuyler

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Sat, Mar. 08

Sun, Mar. 09

Mon, Mar. 10

Tue, Mar. 11

5:30-7:30pm PT

How to Write a Winning Nonfiction Book Proposal with Lyzette Wanzer

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Wed, Mar. 12

Thu, Mar. 13

7:00-8:00pm PT

Winter Write-Ins: March 13th with Laurie Ann Doyle

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Fri, Mar. 14

12:00-1:0pm PT

Words and Stories at Salesforce Park: Prose

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5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading + Meeting: March 14th, 2025

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Sat, Mar. 15

Sun, Mar. 16

Mon, Mar. 17

Tue, Mar. 18

Wed, Mar. 19

Thu, Mar. 20

Fri, Mar. 21

12:00-1:00pm PT

Words and Stories: Short Stories with Heather Bourbeau and Jesus Sierra

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Sat, Mar. 22

11:00am-12:00pm PT

Winter Write-Ins: March 22nd with Xandra Castleton

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6:00-10:00pm PT

The Writers Grotto 30th Anniversary Part

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Sun, Mar. 23

Mon, Mar. 24

Tue, Mar. 25

12:30pm PT

Members Only: Journalism Group (hybrid)

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6:00-7:30pm PT

Grotto Nights @ SFPL: The Closest Bond: Writing About Mothers & Daughters

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Wed, Mar. 26

7:00-8:15pm PT

Lyrics & Dirges

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Thu, Mar. 27

11:00am-12:00pm PT

Winter Write-Ins: March 27th with Sabina Khan-Ibarra

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Fri, Mar. 28

12:00-1:00pm PT

Words and Stories Series at Salesforce Park: Prose

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Sat, Mar. 29

Sun, Mar. 30

Mon, Mar. 31

Tue, Apr. 01

6:00-9:00pm PT

Members Only: Table Read

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Wed, Apr. 02

5:00-7:30pm PT

Get the Grant! with Lyzette Wanzer

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Thu, Apr. 03

Fri, Apr. 04

Sat, Apr. 05

10:00am PT

How to Write for Educational Publishing with Lisa Lerner

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Sun, Apr. 06

10:00-11:00am PT

Spring 2025 Write-Ins: Kristen Cosby

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Mon, Apr. 07

Tue, Apr. 08

Wed, Apr. 09

Thu, Apr. 10

6:00-7:00pm PT

Spring 2025 Write-Ins: Kristen Cosby

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6:00-8:00pm PT

Writing Microfiction with Britta Stromeyer

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6:15-8:15pm PT

Scene by Scene: Grow Your Script! with Xandra Castleton

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6:30-8:30pm PT

Great Writers Steal with Laurie Ann Doyle

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Fri, Apr. 11

4:30pm PT

Members Only: Book Club: "The Known World"

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Sat, Apr. 12

Sun, Apr. 13

Mon, Apr. 14

12:00-1:00pm PT

Spring 2025 Write-Ins: Xandra Castleton

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Tue, Apr. 15

Wed, Apr. 16

5:30-7:30pm PT

Members Only: Grotto Circle

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6:00-8:00pm PT

Pushing the Boundaries: Experiments in Form with Jenny Bitner

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Thu, Apr. 17

6:00-8:30pm PT

Introduction to Creative Writing with Kristen Cosby

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Fri, Apr. 18

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading + Meeting: April 18th, 2025

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Sat, Apr. 19

Sun, Apr. 20

Mon, Apr. 21

Tue, Apr. 22

6:00-7:00pm PT

Spring 2025 Write-Ins: Jenny Bitner

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Wed, Apr. 23

Thu, Apr. 24

Fri, Apr. 25

Sat, Apr. 26

Sun, Apr. 27

Mon, Apr. 28

Tue, Apr. 29

Wed, Apr. 30

6:00-8:00pm PT

Fiction Workshop with Doug Henderson

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Thu, May. 01

Fri, May. 02

12:00-1:30pm PT

Unlock the Poet Within: Transforming Tradition with Sabina Khan-Ibarra

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Sat, May. 03

11:00am-12:00pm PT

Spring 2025 Write-Ins: Xandra Castleton

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Sun, May. 04

Mon, May. 05

Tue, May. 06

Wed, May. 07

Thu, May. 08

Fri, May. 09

Sat, May. 10

Sun, May. 11

11:00am-12:00pm PT

Spring 2025 Write-Ins: Jenny Bitner

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Mon, May. 12

Tue, May. 13

Wed, May. 14

11:00am-12:00pm PT

Spring 2025 Write-Ins: Lyzette Wanzer

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Thu, May. 15

Fri, May. 16

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading + Meeting: May 16th, 2025

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Sat, May. 17

Sun, May. 18

Mon, May. 19

Tue, May. 20

Wed, May. 21

6:30-8:30pm PT

DIY Author Events with Elizabeth Forsyth

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Thu, May. 22

Fri, May. 23

Sat, May. 24

Sun, May. 25

2:00-3:00pm PT

Spring 2025 Write-Ins: Elise Liu

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Member Spotlight

Chino Lee Chung

Chino Lee Chung is a queer Chinese Mexican personal essay writer, grassroots activist, and is currently working on a collection of essays that integrate his social activism with his intersectional identities. He is a recipient of the 2024-2025 San Jose State Steinbeck Fellowship and holds an MFA from the California College of Arts. His work appears in Gender Queer: voices from beyond the sexual binary, Our Family Coalition Newsletter, and is an Assistant Fiction Editor at 14 Hills Literary Magazine.

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Featured Work

Percussing the Thinking Jar

by:

Maw Shein Win

A collection of dreamlike poetry, accompanied by ink drawings, reflecting on the experiences of living in an aging body. With her latest collection, Maw Shein Win deftly braids together the pleasures, pains, and anxieties of living in an aging body, revealing how a mind can log thoughts and observations. Win employs new poetic forms to invite her readers into realms that are both deeply personal and universal, rendered with dreamlike imagery and surprising humor. Reflecting on our strange times and the atmospheric undercurrents of chaos and disintegration, Percussing the Thinking Jar is a hypnotic book and invites the reader into conversation with their own vulnerability and resilience. Throughout the book, sumi ink drawings by artist Mark Dutcher echo the rhythms of Win’s poetry.

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