Faculty Hester Kaplan M.F.A. faculty member Hester Kaplan (fiction) recently gave an interview to The Jewish Voice and Herald about finding inspiration and her relationships with her characters. Read more.

Sara Zarr Joins Creative Writing Faculty

The M.F.A. in Creative Writing program is delighted to welcome Young Adult author Sara Zarr to our Writing for Young People faculty. Zarr has published 5 novels and has been a National Book Award finalist, among other numerous accolades. Learn more about Sara on her website.

Leah Hager Cohen Moderates Panel at AWP

Leah_Hager_Cohen_AWPconference_2 M.F.A. in Creative Writing faculty Leah Hager Cohen moderated an evening reading with authors Amy Bloom and Richard Russo during the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference in March. The gathering is the largest literary conference in North America. Read more.

M.F.A. Faculty Member Wins Hippocrates Award

M.F.A. in Creative Writing Faculty member Rafael Campo (poetry), is the 2013 first-place recipient of the Hippocrates Open International Prize for Poetry and Medicine for his poem Morbidity and Mortality Rounds. Read More.

Creative Writing Program Director Steven Cramer's Book of Poetry Reviewed in 'New Pages'

Faculty Steven Cramer M.F.A. in Creative Writing program director Steven Cramer's latest book of poetry, Clangings, was recently reviewed in "New Pages," a well-known online literary resource. Read full article.