Sherri Smith wins Southern California Independent Bookseller’s Assocation Award
MFAW-VT faculty member Sherri Smith’s middle grade novel, The Toymaker’s Apprentice, won the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award for Middle Grade. Described as “Part Nutcracker with a dash of Pinocchio” by School...Locker Room Talk
Goddard MFAW alumna Julie Parent: “It’s locker room talk, and it’s one of those things.”
In response to events in the presidential campaign over that last 10 days, I’ve tried several times to write something resembling a cohesive thought pattern. Instead, I’ve remained anxious and rattled by the reality that one of the main candidates for President of the United States is on tape bragging about committing sexual assault, who later dismisses his remarks as something he’s not proud of but with the implication that they are somehow normal, even expected.
Goddard MFA Faculty Member Douglas A. Martin’s poem “Eelgrass”
Goddard MFA in Creative Writing faculty member Douglas A. Martin’s poem “Eelgrass” was chosen for the Poem-a-Day project of the American Academy of Poets. The poem appeared on October 13 and can be read here. Poem-a-Day is the original and only...The MFAW: From Who You Were to Who You Become
Goddard MFAW student Emily Nelson: Depending on what job I was currently holding down over the last two years, when asked what I “do,” my most frequent response has been “I am a grad student.” This then follows the logical question-answer session of “What are you studying?” “Creative Writing,” and then one of two responses.
