Acclaimed authors and Rutgers-Camden MFA alumni Michael Deagler and Nina St. Pierre will read from their work. Afterward, alumni of the MA and MFA programs will have the opportunity to share selections of their own work (registration required for readers). Michael Deagler’s debut novel Early Sobrieties was published this year by Astra House. Deagler’s fiction has appeared … Continue reading Registration Open for the Writers in Camden Reunion Reading on Oct. 10…
Interested in learning more about the Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program? This fall, the program is offering two virtual information sessions in which applicants can join current students, faculty, and staff to learn more about the program. Both sessions should cover the same material. At each session, we’ll present some standard information … Continue reading Learn about the MFA in Creative Writing Program on Nov. 13…
ABOUT THE FACILITATORS Warriors Writers is a veterans focused arts nonprofit that fosters artistic exploration and expression through casual, welcoming writing workshops, designed for people of all writing and art experience and exposure. By reflecting and creating in a comfortable space, we encourage and support healing and community building. ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP Facilitated by experienced … Continue reading Warrior Writers to Host “Outside the Wire: Writing Grief” Virtual Workshop on Oct. 5…
Dr. Ophelia Eryn Hostetter, Associate Professor of English, will present “Re-Translated: The Twisted Little Things of the Exeter Book Riddles” on Wednesday, October 2, from 11:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. (free period) in the Honors College Student Lounge. Dr. Hostetter will read from her forthcoming volume of creative translations, presenting work that questions standard assumptions about … Continue reading Dr. Hostetter Will Present “Re-Translated: The Twisted Little Things of the Exeter Book Riddles” on Oct. 2…
Dr. Mercy Romero, the Chancellor’s Distinguished Visiting Scholar, will be on campus in October for the following events: Wednesday, October 2, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.: Keynote Address and Workshop at the Digital Commons Sunday, October 6, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.: Book Club at the South ABC Conference Room, Campus Center Thursday, … Continue reading Registration Still Open for Oct. 12 “Writing about Home: Writers House Workshop”…
Acclaimed authors Emma Copley Eisenberg and Annie Liontas will read from their work on Thursday, September 26, as part of the Writers House‘s Writers in Camden Series. Emma Copley Eisenberg is a queer writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her first book, The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia, was named a … Continue reading Writers in Camden Welcomes Authors Emma Copley Eisenberg and Annie Liontas on Sept. 26…
The MFA Organization will host their Local and Visiting Writers Series on Tuesday, September 24, with special guest editor and author Alyssa Songsiridej. Songsiridej is the author of Little Rabbit, shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Edmund White Award. She is also a 2022 5 under … Continue reading Editor and Author Alyssa Songsiridej to Present on Sept. 24…
With support from an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy (IDEA) Innovation Grant, and in conversation with the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, the Writers House welcomes writer Dilruba Ahmed for a reading and Q&A. Dilruba (Ruba) Ahmed is the author of Bring Now the Angels (Pitt Poetry Series), with poems featured in New York Times Magazine, The … Continue reading Author Dilruba Ahmed to Be “In Conversation” with the Writers House on Sept. 23…
This fall, the Writers House will sponsor multiple one-day Cooper Street Writing Workshops: “Writing About Your Immigrant Experience,” led by Vesna Jaksic Lowe Saturday, September 28, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Zoom $60.00 for general admission; $10.00 for Camden residents and Rutgers–Camden students “Writing About Home,” led Mercy Romero, Chancellor’s Distinguished Visiting Scholar Saturday, October 12, … Continue reading Registration Open for Cooper Street Writing Workshops…
Cooper Street, the Writers House community workshop series, is now seeking proposals for two workshops to round out the Fall 2024 season. What are they looking for? Their best workshops are accessible to participants with a wide range of experiences and goals for their writing. Topics have ranged from thematic (political poetry, fiction writing and … Continue reading Submit Proposal for Cooper Street Writing Workshop by July 30…
