Category: Creative Writing

Posts related to the Creative Writing Program.

CATEGORIES: Alumni News, Creative Writing, Department News

Melissa Sevigny, CWE Alumna, wins National Outdoor Book Award in History

Melissa Sevigny, a Creative Writing and the Environment alumna (English ’13) won the National Outdoor Book Award in History.  It has also appears on the longlist for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon The … Continue reading Melissa Sevigny, CWE Alumna, wins National Outdoor Book Award in History

CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department News

Debra Marquart has a new collection published this August

Gratitude with Dogs under Stars features selections from Debra Marquart’s three collections of lyric poetry (Small Buried Things, New Rivers Press 2015; From Sweetness, Pearl Editions 2001; and Everything’s a Verb, New Rivers Press 1995) and adds 21 new poems to round out the experience. Beginning with the new poems, the collection travels back through Marquart’s illustrious … Continue reading Debra Marquart has a new collection published this August

CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Sarah Vogel — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

SARAH VOGEL | TUESDAY, APRIL 18 The Farmer’s Lawyer | Researching & Writing a Legal Narrative April 18 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Gold Room | Memorial Union In this moderated conversation about craft, author and lawyer Sarah Vogel will discuss her process of researching and assembling materials from her landmark class action lawsuit into … Continue reading Sarah Vogel — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

April 18, 2023, 7:00pm | The Great Hall, Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Sarah Vogel — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

SARAH VOGEL | TUESDAY, APRIL 18 The Farmer’s Lawyer | Researching & Writing a Legal Narrative April 18 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Gold Room | Memorial Union In this moderated conversation about craft, author and lawyer Sarah Vogel will discuss her process of researching and assembling materials from her landmark class action lawsuit into … Continue reading Sarah Vogel — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

April 18, 2023, 2:00-3:00pm | Gold Room - Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

The Great Derangement: Writing and Researching Climate Change Narratives March 22 | 2:00 – 3:00  PM Room 3560 | Memorial Union    In this moderated conversation about craft, Amitav Ghosh will discuss his process of writing and researching the complex topics contained in his works, including his award-winning environmental novels and his two recent works of … Continue reading Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

March 22, 2023, 7:00pm | Sun Room, Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

The Great Derangement: Writing and Researching Climate Change Narratives March 22 | 2:00 – 3:00  PM Room 3560 | Memorial Union    In this moderated conversation about craft, Amitav Ghosh will discuss his process of writing and researching the complex topics contained in his works, including his award-winning environmental novels and his two recent works of … Continue reading Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

March 22, 2023, 2:00-3:00pm | Room 3560, Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Yvette Nolan | The Unplugging: (Re)Writing the Apocalypse — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

In this online event, Yvette Nolan will discuss her creative work as a playwright and theatrical director.  Ms. Nolan’s play, The Unplugging, tells the story of two women who are exiled from their village in a post-apocalyptic world, after passing child-bearing age. They rely on their traditional wisdom to survive. But when a stranger from … Continue reading Yvette Nolan | The Unplugging: (Re)Writing the Apocalypse — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

February 28, 2023, 5:00pm | Online via WebEx