News Archive
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.
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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...
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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.
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November 08, 2022
Congratulations to MFA Creative Writing alum Tochi Eze on publication of her short story, "The Americanization of Kambili" in the November 2022 issue of Catapult.
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November 07, 2022
On Tuesday, November 15th @ 12:00pm, Professor Stacey Balkan will deliver a talk titled "Figuring Extraction: Jamaica Kincaid’s Black Anthropocene Vistas.”