Best Suspense Novel of the year by the New York Times Book Review Set in a rural community steeped in silence and denial, So Much Pretty explores all parents’ greatest fear, that their child will be hurt. But it also examines a second, equally troubling question: What...
Interview with Alumnus Matthew M. Quick
Matthew Quick is the New York Times bestselling author of THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, which was made into an Oscar-winning film; THE GOOD LUCK OF RIGHT NOW; LOVE MAY FAIL; THE REASON YOU’RE ALIVE; and four young adult novels: SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR; BOY21; FORGIVE...
The Seep, Chana Porter
Starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly, Bookist and Library Journal.
A blend of searing social commentary and speculative fiction, Chana Porter’s fresh, pointed debut is perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and Carmen Maria Machado.
Interview with Alumnus Christian Peet
Christian Peet’s new chapbook is The Nines from Palm Press. Peet is Founder and Editor in-Chief of Tarpaulin Sky Press & Online Journal. He taught Poetry and Creative Writing at Brooklyn College & Hunter College (CUNY) from 2004-06, and now lives in Vermont...
Interview with Alumna Susan Merson
The following interview was conducted by MFA in Creative Writing faculty member Neil Landau in May, 2005. "I sat down with Goddard College low-residency MFA in Creative Writing Program alum, and my former student, Susan Merson for an informal chat over coffee. Susan...
The Shame of Losing, Sarah Cannon
2019 Washington State Book Awards Finalist
A moving, heartfelt and honest memoir about the choices we make. Cannon takes us through sudden tragedy and a rite of passage she never imagined.
Up High in the Trees, Kiara Brinkman
Selected by Book Sense, Borders Original Voices and Barnes & Noble Discover; Chicago Tribune Favorite Books of 2007
In spare and fierce prose buoyed by the life force of its small, fearless narrator, Up High in the Trees introduces an astonishingly fresh and powerful literary voice.
Interview with Alumna Karen Essex
Karen Essex is a novelist, screenwriter, and award-winning journalist. She is the author of the national and international best-selling novel, Leonardo’s Swans (Doubleday 2006), about the rivalries among the powerful women painted by the great master when he was...
The Pink Institution, Selah Saterstrom
“11 Underappreciated Literary Masterpieces” – Huffington Post
Finalist for the Believer Book Award, 2004
Beautiful and violent, spare and ominous, Saterstrom’s wholly original novel explodes mythologies of southern femininity.
And have you read… The Glass Jar? Poet’s Resume (An excerpt)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN
Port, starboard, forward, aft, bow, stern, fo’c’sle, lazarette, half hitch, clove hitch, bowline, lovers knot, freeboard, false deck, fairlead, deck-winch, vanging-winch, picking boom, power block, davit, dump-box, buoy stick, PTO, chiller, seacock, shaft, rudder, keel, magnetic north, true north, degrees of variation, aurora borealis, bio luminescence, Morning Star.