Catherine Buck, an alumna of the Rutgers-Camden MFA in Creative Writing Program (’18) has been hired as the new Program Director of Mighty Writers Camden. Mighty Writers, the Philadelphia-based organization focused on teaching young people to write with clarity, opened its Camden chapter, its first in New Jersey, in spring 2018 at the Nick Virgilio … Continue reading RUC MFA Alumna Hired as New Director of Mighty Writers Camden…
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MFA Alumnus Michael Haeflinger Publishes Collection of Poems
Blue Cactus Press will publish Low Static Range, a collection of poems by MFA alumnus Michael Haeflinger (’12), in September. The author of two chapbooks, Haeflinger is also the Executive Director of Write253, a literary arts organization in Tacoma, Washington.
Debut novel by alumna Micaiah Johnson to be published in 2020
2016 MFA alumna Micaiah Johnson’s debut science fiction novel, The Space Between Worlds, has been acquired by UK publisher Hodder and Stoughton, with US rights selling to Crown. The novel is planned for a simultaneous publication in the US and UK in 2020. Read more here.
Alumna Mariam Williams named Project Director for PACSCL’s Chronicling Resistance
Alumna Mariam Williams (MFA ’17) has been hired as Project Director for Chronicling Resistance, a Pew Center for Arts and Heritage-funded project of the Pennsylvania Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries. This project will highlight the history of resistance movements in the Philadelphia region as reflected in member collections, as well as develop new ways … Continue reading Alumna Mariam Williams named Project Director for PACSCL’s Chronicling Resistance…
MFA Faculty Gregory Pardlo’s Memoir Air Traffic is Released
Air Traffic, MFA faculty member Gregory Pardlo’s new memoir, was released on April 10, 2018, by Knopf Doubleday. Listen to Pardlo discuss the book on NPR’s Fresh Air.
Alumna Mimi Mondal is a Finalist for the Hugo Award
2017 MFA alumna Mimi Mondal is a finalist for the Hugo Award, science fiction’s highest honor, for Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler, which she co-edited with Alexandra Pierce. The anthology collects essays, articles, and interviews that draw connections between celebrated science fiction author Butler and writers around the world. Mondal, who was born in India and lives in … Continue reading Alumna Mimi Mondal is a Finalist for the Hugo Award…