MFA Writing Program
This multifaceted and nontracking program is designed for writers who seek to experiment with form and content and to engage in thoughtful dialogue about the theoretical, political and artistic contexts of contemporary writing.
Our curriculum blends the rigors of training in established genres with opportunities to explore the fertile territories where genres and art forms blend. All of our exceptional faculty have multidisciplinary practices, and together represent a wide range of experience in writing, publishing, editing, reviewing, criticism, scholarship, translation and collaboration. Faculty members have received Guggenheim Fellowships, NEA Literature Fellowships, the Whiting Writers’ Award and more.
The Writing Program maintains an active slate of readings, conferences and professional development panels, which introduce students to a broad spectrum of voices in writing today. Our literary journal Black Clock also hosts a number of public readings annually. In addition, writing students have access to the exciting roster of visiting artists, composers, musicians, filmmakers, theater directors and choreographers to be found on campus and free and discounted admission to REDCAT. While honing their vision and practice within the Writing Program, which is housed in the School of Critical Studies, students also have the opportunity to take courses and collaborate with faculty and students in the Schools of Art, Music, Film, Theater and Dance.
Recent Visiting Writers and Publishers
Daniel Alarcon, Bill Berkson, Bernard Cooper, Mark Danielewski, Monica De La Torre, Latasha N. Diggs, Heidi Durrow, Danielle Dutton, Brian Evenson, Thomas Glave, Myriam Gurba, Wayne Koestenbaum, Rachel Kushner, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Ali Leibegott, Joseph McElroy, Honor Moore, Eileen Myles, D.A. Powell, Leonard Schwartz, Abdellah Taia, Catherine Wagner, Rebecca Wolff, Young-Hae Chang/Heavy Industries, Jodi Dean, Johanna Drucker, Charles Gaines, Kenneth Goldsmith, John Keene, Mary Kelly, Mark McGurl, Steve McCaffery, Julie Patton, Vanessa Place, Juliana Spahr, Brian Kim Stefans, Heriberto Yepez and Shanxing Wang.
Recent Black Clock Guests and Contributors
Don DeLillo, Richard Powers, Joanna Scott, Jonathan Lethem, Aimee Bender, Rick Moody, Lynne Tillman, Greil Marcus, Samuel R. Delany, Susan Straight, William T. Vollmann and David Foster Wallace.
Recent Visiting Faculty
Brian Blanchfield, Wanda Coleman, Harry Dodge, Amy Gerstler, Veronica Gonzalez, John Haskell, Anthony McCann, Claire Phillips, Salvador Plascencia, Michelle Tea, Lisa Teasley, David L. Ulin.
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