Writers in Camden, a long-running reading series on the Rutgers-Camden campus inviting acclaimed novelists, poets, and nonfiction writers to share their work with students and the public, will celebrate Rutgers-Camden alumni Michael Deagler and Nina St. Pierre on October 10. After the featured authors, MFA and MA alumni will be able to share recent work … Continue reading Writers in Camden: Reunion Reading Will Feature MFA Alumni…
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MFA Alum Leads Workshop for Cooper Street
MFA alum Natasha Soto is teaching a virtual Cooper Street Workshop this fall! In Image & Word: Writing Graphic Narratives, participants will look at writers who incorporate illustrations, collage, photography, graphs, and other images into their work and expand their sense of graphic narrative possibilities for their own. Saturday, November 2, 1-4pm EST, Zoom Register … Continue reading MFA Alum Leads Workshop for Cooper Street…
MFA Alum Nina St. Pierre Publishes Debut Memoir
MFA alum Nina St. Pierre’s debut memoir Love Is a Burning Thing will be published May 7 from Dutton. Love Is a Burning Thing was named one of Bustle’s “Most Anticipated Books” of Spring 2024, Esquire’s “Best Memoirs of 2024,” and was featured on Los Angeles Times and Alta Online’s “Most Anticipated” lists. Congratulations, Nina!
MFA Alum Michael Deagler Publishes Debut Novel
MFA alum Michael Deagler’s debut novel Early Sobrieties will be published May 7 from Astra House. Early Sobrieties received starred reviews from Booklist and Kirkus and was named one of Bustle’s “Most Anticipated Books” of Spring 2024. Congratulations, Michael!
Congratulations to Our MFA Grads!
Come celebrate our graduating MFA students at a reading of their work! Free and open to the public. Date & Time Friday May 10, 2024 5:00 pm-7:00 pm (doors at 4:30) Location Paul Robeson Library 300 N. Fourth St. Camden, NJ Contact Lauren Holguin lh769@camden.rutgers.edu
MFA Professor Publishes New Collection
MFA Professor Gregory Pardlo’s poetry collection Spectral Evidence was published today by Penguin Random House. Spectral Evidence, a powerful meditation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, moves fluidly among considerations of the pro-wrestler Owen Hart; Tituba, the only Black woman to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials; MOVE, the … Continue reading MFA Professor Publishes New Collection…