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Discover your writing prowess and push the imaginative bounds of prose, poetry, and screenwriting with our undergraduate minor.
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Meet the faces of Creative Writing--the faculty, lecturers, staff, and visiting writers who guide and support our students and fellows.
It’s here that I fell deeper and deeper in love with writing, and I can say without a shadow of doubt that I met mentors, peers, and friends for life. The generosity with which the Creative Writing Program has shaped me will sustain—it’s truly been life-changing.
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Welcoming Hanif Abdurraqib, Denning Visiting Artist for 2025-26 academic year
The Creative Writing Program and Public Humanities Initiative are pleased to announce a series of events showcasing lauded cultural critic and poet Hanif Abdurraqib in 2025-26 thanks to a Denning Visiting Artist Grant.
Chelsey Arellano Awarded the Tom Ford Fellowship in Philanthropy
We are excited to share that Chelsey Arellano has been awarded a 2025 Tom Ford Fellowship in Philanthropy. The Tom Ford Fellowship in Philanthropy provided graduating seniors and coterms with intensive, mentored experiences in domestic foundations to educate them about the role of philanthropy in society and to encourage them to enter the field.
LiPo Ching
Nicholas Jenkins Wins Warren-Brooks Award
Nicholas Jenkins, associate professor in the Department of English and director of the Creative Writing Program, has won the 2024 Warren-Brooks Award for his latest book, The Island, which reassesses W. H. Auden’s early life and poetry. The award honors the "the innovative, critical interpretation of literature."
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The Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce the next event with the Mohr Visiting Poet: A Reading with D. A. Powell…
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Please join us in conversation with New York Times best-selling author Gary Shteyngart, a Soviet-born satirical writer, on the topic of…
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The Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce the next event in the Lane Lecture Series: A Reading with Amaud Jamaul Johnson.
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