MFA Faculty Kenny Fries has work in Day Without Art

In honor of World AIDS Day, MFA faculty member Kenny Fries has a poem, "To the Poet Whose Lover Has Died of AIDS," and a short adapted excerpt from his memoir In the Province of the Gods in Day Without Art’s 30th anniversary issue. You can read the issue online...
Donnelle McGee’s book of poems released

Donnelle McGee’s book of poems released

Donelle McGee's new book - NAKED - will be released on January 30th.  He writes, "All thanks to my publisher Annmarie Lockhart at unbound CONTENT!" Bruce Guernsey, poet and former editor of The Spoon River Poetry Review and author of From Rain: Poems, 1970-2010 -...

Writing residencies and retreats

Writing residencies and retreats

Who's been where, and which writing retreats do you recommend?  Aerogramme's new list of retreats for 2015 includes Hedgebrook, an oasis for women writers near and dear to my heart: hard to get into (with 1500 applications this year!) but worth reapplying for, since,...

The Marie Plays

The Marie Plays

An upcoming production and tour for When Marie Took the Power, the first of the Marie Plays written by Goddard graduate Carolyn Nur Wistrand and directed and designed by fellow graduate David I.L. Poole has been announced for February. The Marie Plays are an expected...

Ursula K. Le Guin talks with Lucy Snyder

Ursula K. Le Guin talks with Lucy Snyder

Lucy Snyder, currently here on campus for her Goddard residency, recently interviewed Ursula K. Le Guin for NewMyths.com. Here's a sneak peak: Elsewhere, you’ve said that you’ve learned a lot from reading Virginia Woolf. Can you elaborate on some of the writing craft...

Jan Clausen’s poem in Drunken Boat

Jan Clausen's poem "The Wave That Is the Motion of the World" appears in Drunken Boat 20, just launched. Both print and a sound recording are available at: http://issues.drunkenboat.com/db20/poetry/jan-clausen

Hoffman nominated for the Folio Prize

Hoffman nominated for the Folio Prize

Alumna Cara Hoffman's second novel, Be Safe I Love You, was nominated for The Folio Prize, which recognizes and celebrates the best English language fiction from around the world, published in the United Kingdom in any given year regardless of form, genre or the...

Poems by Michael Klein in Ploughshares

Michael Klein’s poem, "It's Derby Day" has been accepted for publication by Oxford American, and an essay, "Overture Without Music,” was accepted by Slice.  Both will appear in spring 2015.  He’s also had three poems, “Harmonium,” “What Happened After it Happened,”...

Brain Camp re-release

Brain Camp re-release

Susan Kim’s graphic novel, Brain Camp, will be re-released as a mass market paperback by Square Fish in the spring of 2015.

Toronto Arts Council grant to Kenny Fries

Kenny Fries received a Toronto Arts Council grant for his new Germany-based book, Stumbling Over History.  He also had a poem, “An Opening,” up at Good Men Project.  He also presented "Different Bodies," at the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany...

Three book deal for Paul Selig

Paul Selig has just been offered a 3-book deal from Tarcher/Penguin for a new series on spiritual growth.  He was also recently filmed for the new documentary film Widowsville. He also lead a 5-Part tele-seminar for Evolver Learning Labs in October.  The seminar...

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