MFA 2024 Photographs
Some photos of the Creative Writing MFA program that students and faculty have shared through the semester
White Supremacy in Global Context
Wednesday, April 16th, 20245:00-6:30 pm In person and via ZoomRifkind Center, 6/316 NAC building In recent years the transnational dimensions of far-right, racially motivated extremism have become unmistakable. The texts and manifestos of far-right networks circulate widely on the Internet, radicalizing new groups and spawning racially motivated acts of terrorism by actors who, despite being …
Essay by Emily Raboteau in Orion Magazine
Gutbucket, by Emily Raboteau At the end of the world, rituals offer a lifeline I AM A MOTHER raising Black children in New York City, which is unceded Munsee Lenape territory. Often, I am afraid for my children’s lives. Where my family lives, the storms are growing worse, and the water is rising, and these are …
MFA Fall Application Deadline Extended until March 1
The Deadline for Fall Applications to our Creative Writing MFA program has been extended until March 1 2024. Learn more Apply online
Launch for Emily Raboteau’s new book, ‘Lessons for Survival’
Professor Emily Raboteau’s launch for her new book, Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against “The Apocalypse” will be on Thursday, March 14, 7PM at The Center for Fiction.
Interview with Professor Mark Mirsky in Collidescope
MFA Professor Mark Mirsky, author, founder and editor of Fiction magazine and the former director of the Creative Writing Program, has a two-part interview in Collidescope this fall.Here are part one and part two.
Chai and Chat with David Groff
A reading and conversation to celebrate his new book, Live in Suspense. Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024New Date—Wednesday, April 3rd, 20245:00-6:30 pmRifkind Center, 6/316 NAC building David Groff’s third book of poems Live in Suspense, was published in 2023 from Trio House Press. He has previously published Clay, winner of the Louise Bogan Award and Theory …
45th Annual Langston Hughes Festival Honors Colson Whitehead
Roundtable Discussion, Film Screening and Award Ceremony February 1, 2024 at Aaron Davis Hall The Symposium 12:30 pm – 1:45pm Roundtable Discussion featuring The PaperFilm Screening of The Five Demands following the symposium The Ceremony: 6:00 pm – 8:00P pm Musical Performance by Ariel Reign, Memphis Music Ambassador RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/45th-annual-langston-hughes-festival-honors-colson-whitehead-tickets-798761456017 Contact Info: Black Studies Program 160 Convent Avenue, NAC 4/149New York, …
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Conversation with Brian Tart, President and Publisher, Viking Penguin
Tuesday, February 6th, 20245:00-6:30 pmRifkind Center, 6/316 NAC building Brian Tart will discuss the publishing industry with emerging writers. Free and open to the publicSponsored by The David Dortort Fund for Creative Writing Brian Tart was named president and publisher of Viking in January 2015, and Penguin Books in 2020. He started his career as …
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Spring 2024 MFA Events: Save the Date
A Conversation with Brian Tart,President and Publisher, Viking Penguin Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 5:00-6:30 pmRifkind Center, 6/316NAC building A discussion about the publishing industry for emerging writers Chai & Chat with David Groff, Poet, Professor, Editor Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 5:00-6:30 pmRifkind Center, 6/316NAC building A reading to celebrate his new book, Live in Suspense. …