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Commencement, May 2009
Christopher Martin, Michael Towers, and Alexis Kozak, moments before the commencement ceremony began. After commencement, our three students celebrate with William Fancher.
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I’ve just found out that several of our students have been published, or will be shortly. Maya Sloan, GRS 2007, has published “Christian Living” in Passages North, and a quick Google search tells me...
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We’re happy to announce the winners of several awards: Nikki Bazar is this year’s winner of the Florence Engel Randall Prize in Fiction. Caroline Sterne is the recipient of the Paul T. Hurley Prize in...
View ArticleThe Old Man From Highwater
Swann Li I In the early morning when Father Fan came home, on his back a bamboo tub of newly dug-up peanuts, muddy and wet, the rain was still falling. Shafts of water were beating on the...
View ArticleCaballo Chops
Caballo Chops (accompanied by guitar) Caballo sat on the bus near me, Unmoving and self-contained as a cactus. His moustache handlebarred over his lips, His potbelly pigged out...
View ArticleUPDATE: Some Useful Thesis Related Information
Supplement to the Graduate School’s Guide for the Thesis Writer: Formatting the Thesis: The Graduate School has provided a detailed and specific guide to assist you in formatting your thesis. Go pick...
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May 15th MFA reading at the Playwright’s Theater
At 7 PM on May 15, 2012, come to the Boston Playwright’s Theater at 949 Commonwealth Avenue, for the final session in the BU MFA poetry reading series, featuring Susan Barba, Mike Brokos, Bryan...
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Mai Wang Receives Emerging Artists Award
Hearty congratulations to Mai Wang! A current MFA candidate in fiction, Mai recently received an Emerging Artists Award from the St. Botolph Club Foundation. The St. Botolph club gives grants to...
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Creative Writing Program Director Karl Kirchwey featured in BU Today
Karl Kirchwey teaching poetry MFA candidates in the historic room 222. We’re excited to see this article about Karl Kirchwey in BU Today! In addition to being the director of the Creative Writing...
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Literary Links
BU Creative Writing wishes you a happy Friday! And here are some literary links to start off your weekend. Dan Chiasson reviews Claudia Rankine’s latest. Whoa. A Jane Austen video game, in which one...
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Erin Belieu’s latest reviewed in the NY Times, and Literary Links
We were delighted to see that the latest poetry collection by Erin Belieu, Slant Six (Copper Canyon Press), was reviewed on the first page of the Arts section of the New York...
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The MFA in Creative Writing: For Those Who Need to Write
This is a guest post by Michael Samuels (fiction 2015), who interviewed CW Program Director Karl Kirchwey for his take on the Creative Writing MFA. Michael Samuels For Karl Kirchwey, prize-winning...
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Jillian Jackson Awarded SBCF Emerging Artist Grant
We’re so proud to announce that current MFA candidate Jillian Jackson has received a prestigious St. Botolph’s Club Foundation (SBCF) Emerging Artist Grant! SBCF is dedicated to promoting artistic...
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Tara Skurtu’s Latest Publications
Tara Skurtu (poetry ’13) continues to be one of our most prolific alumni. In addition to a Fulbright and a poem recently published on the T, Tara’s poem “Night Communion” will appear in the July issue...
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Dammy Aderibigbe’s poem in RATTLE
We’re pleased to announce that Michael “Dammy” Aderibigbe’s poem “The Origin of Kindness” is forthcoming in RATTLE issue 50! Dammy is currently in the MFA program for poetry at Boston University,...
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Dammy Aderibigbe’s latest publications
Michael “Dammy” Aderibigbe, one of our current poets, continues to have a productive year: He has recently published poems in the latest issues of cream city review, Fjords, and the Hawaii Review!...
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Lisa Taddeo wins Pushcart Prize
We’re happy to share that Lisa Taddeo, an incoming MFA candidate in fiction, won a Pushcart Prize for her short story “42”! The story was published in issue 36 of the New England Review last year, and...
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Recommended Reading From Our MFAs
Q: What is your idea of perfect happiness? A: Reading. -David Bowie, who would have been 70 last Sunday, answering the Proust Questionnaire Below are a few of the books that our current MFAs read over...
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Emily Yaremchuk and Eric McHenry win Mick Imlah Poetry Awards
We’re so proud to announce that two of our poets have won prizes in the Mick Imlah Poetry Awards! Emily Yaremchuk (Poetry ’18) and Eric McHenry (Poetry ’97) tied for second place–Emily for her poem...
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Reedsy Short Story Contest
We’ve partnered with Reedsy for a short story contest! The three best submissions will win an editorial assessment from editor Laura Mae Isaacman, who has worked with T.C. Boyle, Lara Vapnyar, Joyce...
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