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…
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…
The Board of Governors approved the following promotions and tenure appointments at their meeting on Thursday, April 18: Dr. James R. Boucher – Promoted with Tenure, Associate Professor, Department of World Language and Cultures Dr. Allison Page – Reappointed with Tenure, Associate Professor, Department of English and Communication Dr. Daniel Semenza – Promoted with Tenure, … Continue reading Announcement of Faculty Promotions and Tenure Appointments…
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 and MFA alum Susan Muaddi Darraj for a reading and Q&A moderated by ISGRJ Postdoctoral Fellow andie millares. Susan will be reading from and discussing her … Continue reading Be “In Conversation” with Writer and Alumna Susan Muaddi Darraj on April 18…
Writer Ruben Quesada will lead the following workshop, presented by the MFA Org: Crafting Prose Poetry: Tools, Techniques, and Prompts for Creative Expression This session explores the art of prose poetry, focusing on the various literary tools and techniques that poets and writers can employ in their craft. Through an examination of influential works, rhetorical techniques, and more, participants are guided … Continue reading Writer Ruben Quesada to Present “Crafting Prose Poetry” on April 11…
Join the Writers House on Wednesday, March 28, for the next installment of the Writers in Camden Series, featuring Rutgers–Camden MFA Faculty Lauren Grodstein and Gregory Pardlo, who will read from their work. Lauren Grodstein is the author of five novels, including the New York Times bestseller A Friend of the Family and the Washington Post Book of the Year The Explanation … Continue reading Writers in Camden Series Welcomes Lauren Grodstein and Gregory Pardlo on Mar. 28…
The MFA Organization will host their Local and Visiting Writers Series on Friday, February 23, hosting writer, editor, and teacher Jenzo DuQue. He will present, “Sustaining Creative Practice.” Drawing from Peter Elbow’s Writing With Power and Felicia Rose Chavez’s The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop, this lecture will focus on the process of writing, rather than the products. By learning how to embrace … Continue reading MFA Organization to Host Writer Jenzo DuQue on Feb. 23…
The MFA Organization will host their Local and Visiting Writers Series on Tuesday, February 20, hosting writer, director, and Rutgers–Camden alumnus Robert Pulcini. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini are an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaking team. In 2022 they directed and Executive Produced four of eight episodes of Fleishman Is in Trouble, the critically acclaimed limited series based on … Continue reading MFA Organization to Host Writer and Director Robert Pulcini on Feb. 20…
