News Archive
Best American Essays 2022
December 12, 2022
MFA alum Nick Robinson is recognized in Best American Essays 2022 and is the winner of the 2020 Ned Stuckey-French Nonfiction Contest.
creative writing workshop, creative nonfiction
December 08, 2022
Register for our Spring Creative Writing Community Workshop—Life as Field Research: Creative Nonfiction Workshop. It meets in Boca Mondays 6–8pm, 1/23 to 3/13.
Community Writing Workshop Flash Fiction and Non-Fiction
December 07, 2022
Register for our Spring Creative Writing Community Workshop—Flash Fiction and Nonfiction: Writing the Short-Short. It meets online Fridays 1/13 to 3/3.
Stacey Balkan Book Reviews
December 06, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Stacey Balkan whose two recent books have both been reviewed in high-profile journals in their respective fields.
National Library of Jamaica
December 05, 2022
Congratulations to MFA alum Corrine Binnings on her nomination for the The Louise Bennett Prize for Poetry!
Azimuths of Alien Planetfall
December 02, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Ian MacDonald on publication of an essay, "'May the Guest Come': African Azimuths of Alien Planetfall" in Literary Geographies.
Cold Signal Praya Dubia image card
December 01, 2022
Congratulations to MFA Poetry student Joseph Precanico on publication of a poem—"Praya Dubia"—in the inaugural issue of Cold Signal, a literary magazine inspired by AI-generated art.
beech tree roots
November 30, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Stacey Balkan on publication of her essay "Can Solarpunk Save the World?" in Public Books. The essay is an exploration of a genre and a political movement that offers viable infrastructural alternatives...
Sheridan Presentation Title Card
November 29, 2022
Congratulations to Tristan Sheridan—MA English student & alum of the Honors English and BA English programs—on publication of her honors thesis project— “'You Don’t Get a Choice': Fallen Hero: Rebirth and Unsettling...
welcome mat
November 28, 2022
Stephanie Anderson will present a Faculty Brown Bag talk titled "Understanding and Expanding the American Homeplace" on Friday 12/2 at noon.