MFAW-VT faculty member Rogelio Martinez was interviewed on Open Air-- a weekly magazine of the performing arts in the Bay Area. To listen to the interview from the webpage, go here. (FYI: It is about 40 minutes into the show.) KALW’s weekly magazine of the performing...
Richard Panek on PBS TV
MFAW faculty member Richard Panek’s interview about his new book The Trouble with Gravity leads off the latest installment of the PBS series “SciTech Now.”
The Blossom and the Firefly is an Amazon Best Book
From the award-winning author of Flygirl comes this powerful WWII romance between two Japanese teens caught in the cogs of an unwinnable war, perfect for fans of Salt to the Sea, Lovely War, and Code Name Verity. Faculty member Sherri L. Smith’s new novel is an Amazon Best Book for February.
Literature Award to John McManus
We are thrilled to announce that MFAW-VT faculty member John McManus is one of the eight winners of the prestigious American Academy Arts and Letters Award in Literature. This $10,000 award is given for "exceptional accomplishment" in any genre. From the press...
Two New Essays from Victoria Nelson
Victoria Nelson's essay on Vladimir Sorokin's novel DAY OF THE OPRICHNIK and its relevance to current politics in Russia and the U.S. is out in the Los Angeles Review of Books.Her essay "Letter from London: Mother Moorcock" on Michael Moorcock's MOTHER LONDON appeared...
New Opera from Deborah Brevoort
MFAW-VT faculty member Deborah Brevoort’s opera ALBERT NOBBS, written with composer Patrick Soluri, was one of the winners of the Frontiers Competition at Ft. Worth Opera. Selections from the opera will be presented at FWO on May 8 & 9.
Kenny Fries in conversation with Anne Finger at the American Academy in Berlin
Last night, at the American Academy in Berlin, MFAW-VT faculty member Kenny Fries moderated a Q&A with current Academy Fellow Anne Finger, after her Holtzbrinck lecture, “His Left Foot: Joseph Goebbels and the Uses of Disability.” The overflow audience experienced...
More from Kenny Fries
Two bits of news from MFAW-VT faculty member Kenny Fries: First, "Inaccessible Airways," MFAW-VT faculty member Kenny Fries's new column on the Disability Beat for How We Get To Next: “'That is your legs gone. It is a basic human right,' explained BBC journalist Frank...
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto on WGDR
Reiko was a guest on Ethereal on WGDR, discussing her new novel, Shadow Child, as well as Goddard, teaching, writing, and other topics. Listen in on the link below.
MFAW-WA Faculty Member Beatrix Gates Has Poems Coming in HUMMINGBIRD
MFAW-WA faculty member Beatrix Gates has two poems, "Dear Half," and "Chaco Canyon" coming out in November's HUMMINGBIRD.