Art As a response to Planetary Emergency

Faculty News, News Flash

Although both had been feminist writers and peace activists living in Brooklyn, NY for many years, playwright Karen Malpede and poet/novelist Jan Clausen didn’t know each other very well until they spent a night in jail together following a civil disobedience arrest...

Opportunity Knocks…

Alumni News, Thoughts and Musings

by Dulcie Witman Knock knock. Who’s there? Ants in my pants. Huh? I said ants in my pants. Ants in my pants.  Ants in my pants. That’s often what it’s like when I sit down to write. You know the drill – make another cup of coffee, put on the writing shirt, sit down...

Rebecca Brown on Opera Diva Worship

Faculty News, News Flash

Check out Faculty member Rebecca Brown’s essay on opera diva Stephanie Blythe in The Stranger… “…The word “diva” is Italian for “goddess,” and human culture is full of humans who, if they try to approach the divine too...

Chera Hammons: The Descent of the Germanwings

Alumni News, News Flash

Congratulations to MFAW-VT alum Chera Hammons who just had the following poem published at Rattle.com.To mark National Poetry Month, here is the poem, in its entirety: THE DESCENT OF THE GERMANWINGS Musicians know how to write silence, how to lay lines and measures...