[This is a one-session virtual workshop for writers of all levels. Zoom information will be sent to RSVP-ed students the day before class. We have limited discounted scholarship rates of $50 available for a BIPOC/LGBTQ nonmembers unable to pay the full fee; please email staff@therubysf.com with the subject line: GUT FEELS QTBIPOC scholarship by May 22.]

Gut Feels is a one-day workshop for writers of all levels designed to help them to tap into their intuition and use it as a tool for their craft. Through a variety of writing exercises and discussions, students will learn how to listen to their inner voice, trust their instincts, and allow their creativity to flow freely. By the end of the class, students will have a deeper understanding of their own unique creative process and be equipped with new tools for accessing their intuition in their writing.

About the Instructor

Julián Delgado Lopera is the author of The New York Times acclaimed novel Fiebre Tropical (Feminist Press 2020), the Winner of the 2021 Ferro Grumley Award and a 2021 Lambda Literary award; a finalist of the 2020 Kirkus Prize in Fiction and the 2021 Aspen Literary Prize. Julián is also the author of Quiéreme (Nomadic Press 2017) and ¡Cuéntamelo! (Aunt Lute 2017) an illustrated bilingual collection of oral histories by LGBT Latinx immigrants which won a 2018 Lambda Literary Award and a 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award. Julián's received fellowships and residencies from Hedgebrook, California Arts Council, San Francisco Arts Commission, Headlands Center for The Arts, Brush Creek Foundation of the Arts, Lambda Literary Foundation, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and The SF Grotto. Their work has appeared in Granta, Teen Vogue, The Kenyon Review, McSweeney's, The Rumpus, The White Review, LALT, Four Way Review, Broadly, TimeOut Mag to name a few. They are the former executive director of RADAR Productions and one of the founders of Drag Queen Story Hour. Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, Julián currently resides in San Francisco.