MFAW-VT Student--but just days away from turning into an alum--Ian August's play INTERVIEWESE, is a winner of the Garry Marshall Theatre's New Works Festival and will be getting a public reading on May 30th, directed by Carolyn Hennesy (General Hospital, Cougar...
Creative Writing Faculty Anthology, “Alchemy of the Word” News from Kenny Fries
We’re pleased to announce that Los Angeles Review of Books has posted a selection by Kenny Fries from the new edition of our Goddard MFA in Creative Writing faculty anthology, Alchemy of the Word. The book is available from the publisher website, GenPop Books or...
MFAW Faculty Member Rahna Reiko Rizzuto’s Book Launch!!
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto’s novel Shadow Child will be published on May 8th, and her book launch is May 10th in Brooklyn. All are invited! There will be light refreshments, celebration, and a special bonus: a chance to meet Hannah Tinti, bestselling author of The Twelve...
MFAW-VT faculty member Kenny Fries Named 2019 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Literary Arts Fellow
A Bellagio Center residency is considered one of the world's most prestigious. The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, through a combination of conferences and residency programs, supports the work of scholars, artists, thought leaders, policymakers, and...
MFAW-VT Faculty Member Douglas A. Martin’s Book “Acker” and The Glowing Review!!
MFAW-VT faculty member Douglas A. Martin's book, Acker, is reviewed in this week's New York Times Book Review. "Whether the reader is an Acker novice or an aficionado, seeing that insistently transgressive artist through Martin’s eyes offers new insights into her...
Kenny Fries and Douglas A. Martin’s Firecracker Nods!!
The Firecracker Awards are given each year to celebrate the best of independent and self-published literature. This year, faculty members Kenny Fries and Douglas A. Martin are both nominated in the non-fiction category for their books, Acker a critical study...
Jan Clausen’s Summer Publication
MFAW-VT faculty member Jan Clausen's essay "By the Light of Distant Fires," derived from her keynote on the theme "origins" from last January's residency, will be published in the summer issue of Camas: The Nature of the West, a literary journal run by graduate...
Thomas Griffin Chapbook Pre-Orders Now!!
MFAW-VT alum Thomas Griffin's chapbook of poetry All That Once Was You is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. Preorders are now available.
MFAW-VT Faculty Member Douglas A. Martin: “Queer Narratives & Methods”
MFAW-VT Faculty Member Douglas A. Martin will be read and talk with Andrew Durbin on “Queer Narratives & Methods” on Thursday, April 5th, for CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 9205, in New York City. The program...
Alchemy of the Word
You asked for them: Those moving, inspiring, thought-provoking keynote and graduation lectures that you couldn't stop thinking about. At the residencies for the Goddard MFA in Creative Writing program, "Can I get a copy of that?" is an even more common refrain than...