MFAW-WA faculty member Beatrix Gates will be the guest poet at Opera House Arts Voice2Voice Poetry Declamation Contest which is partnering with schools in Blue Hill, Sedgwick, Brooklin and Deer Isle/ Stonington on April 12th for the purpose of exposing middle school...
MFAW-VT Alumna Kristen Ringman is a Lambda Literary Finalist
MFAW-VT alumna Kristen Ringman's book, I Stole You: Stories from the Fae, is a Lambda finalist in this year's LGBTQ SF/F/Horror category. Her Goddard thesis Makara was also a Lambda Finalist in Debut Fiction back in 2013. Kristen also just signed with literary agent,...
Kenny Fries’s “In The Province of the Gods” is a LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST!!
"Kenny Fries embarks on a journey of profound self-discovery as a disabled foreigner in Japan, a society historically hostile to difference. As he visits gardens, experiences Noh and butoh, and meets artists and scholars, he also discovers disabled gods, one-eyed...
Queering the MFA
“Are you thinking about applying to an MFA program? Concerned about queer writing being taken seriously? My biggest advice is to figure out what is most important to you in your graduate studies.”…
Ten in Ten: MFA reading at Elliott Bay
What is Ten in Ten? This year, TEN members of the MFA in Creative Writing faculty are bringing books, plays, and productions into the world. You can catch three of them at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, Washington, along with moderator and Goddard MFA graduate...
NYC Book Launch for Douglas A. Martin’s ACKER
The NYC book launch for Goddard MFA faculty member Douglas A. Martin's new book Acker, will be held on Monday, November 20, 7pm, at Callicoon Fine Arts, 49 Delancey Street. The event will include readings by Wayne Koestenbaum, Dorothea Lasky, Douglas A. Martin, and...
In The New York Times, Goddard Faculty Member, Kenny Fries asks: “What Kind of Society Do We Want to Be?
Online today at The New York Times, Goddard MFA faculty member Kenny Fries asks: "What kind of society do we want to be?" In "The Nazis' First Victims Were the Disabled," Kenny Fries writes about the echoes of the extermination of the "unfit" carried out by the Third...
Goddard MFA Faculty Bhanu Kapil’s Poem in The Guardian
Goddard MFA faculty member Bhanu Kapil's "Poem Dictated to Eric Trump at 3.46am After a Marathon Video Binge of Twilight and its Two Sequels" was included in the The Guardian's 21 poems that Donald Trump might like to see at the base of the Statue of Liberty. From The...
Goddard MFA Faculty Deborah Brevoort’s Plays Published
Goddard MFA faculty member Deborah Brevoort's two comedies, The Poetry of Pizza and The Velvet Weapon, have been published by No Passport Press. In both plays, Deborah Brevoort shows her keen eye for comedy. The Poetry of Pizza is a trans-cultural romantic comedy...
Goddard MFA Faculty Kenny Fries Remembers Hiroshima
The Progressive has published Goddard MFA faculty member Kenny Fries's "A Healing Tree: Remembering Hiroshima" to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombing. "A Healing Tree" is adapted from an excerpt from his forthcoming book, In the Province of the...