A Haven for Writers
 Since 1999



The Attic Institute is the Birthplace o f Portland's Literary Renaissance


"The best place  to study creative writing in Portland."
~  Willamette Week 


Time to Write is a generative workshop for writers of all levels, designed to jump-start your writing and immerse you in your creative process. 
"I believe that the largest obstacle we face as writers is ourselves, specifically our desire to create a "finished" and "good" poem or story. Yet getting out of our own way can be more difficult than it seems. I strive to create a classroom environment in which we immerse ourselves in the messiness of the creative process, diving headlong into language and allowing ourselves to make interesting, fruitful mistakes." 
~ Patrick Dundon, Teaching Fellow at the Attic Institute

Patrick Dundon is a graduate of the MFA program at Syracuse University where he served as Editor-in-Chief for  Salt Hill Journal . His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in  The Collagist, BOAAT, Sixth Finch, The Adroit Journal, Birdfeast, DIAGRAM, Word Riot , and elsewhere. He studied in the Poets Studio from 2013-2015.

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Current Workshop Openings






CELEBRATE! 
Book Launches in February

Mon Feb 11, 7:30pm, Powell's Books on Hawthorne
These Are Strange Times, My Dear: Field Notes from the Republic
By Wendy Willis
Kirkus calls Wendy's collection of essays a "compassionate, measured voice that serves as an antidote to strident pontificating." 

Mon Feb 18, 7:30pm, Powell's Books on Hawthorne
Republic Café
By David Biespiel
Publishers Weekly says, "David Biespiel meditates on love during a time of violence, tallying what appears and disappears from moment to moment."

Portland's Best Writing Community
SINCE 1999
Attic Institute of Arts and Letters
A HAVEN FOR WRITERS

Founded in 1999

4232 SE Hawthorne Boulevard  | Portland, Oregon 97215
"A thriving and important part of Portland's literary landscape."
~ Literary Hub

"The Attic Institute's courses are famous for their quality and their power to motivate independent writers."
- Bustle

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