Creative Writing

Creative Writing combines the best of traditional workshop and leading-edge pedagogy. Literary cross-training offers opportunities in a broad range of genres including fiction, poetry, screenplay, podcasting, video game writing and graphic novel.

 

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Faculty Members in Creative Writing

Name Research Interests
Belcourt, Billy-Ray Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry
French, Whitney memory, loss, technology, and nature
Hopkinson, Nalo Creative writing, n.e.c.; Humanities and the arts; Creative Writing: Speculative Ficton, Fantasy, Science Fiction, especially Other Voices
Irani, Anosh
Koncan, Frances
Leavitt, Sarah Autobiographical comics; Formal experimentation in comics; Comics pedagogy
Lee, Nancy Fiction; Creative Writing
Lyon, Annabel Novels, stories and news
Maillard, Keith Fiction, poetry
Marzano-Lesnevich, Alex Nonfiction
McGowan, Sharon Planning of film productions from concept to completion
Medved, Maureen Fiction, writing for screen
Nicholson, Cecily Languages and literature; Poetry
Ohlin, Alix Fiction; Screenwriting; Environmental writing
Pohl-Weary, Emily Fiction; Writing for Youth
Svendsen, Linda Script development; Novels, stories and news; Writing for Television; Fiction
Taylor, Timothy fiction and nonfiction
Vigna, John Novels, stories and news; Fiction, Literary Non-Fiction, Creative Writing
 
 

Student & Alumni Stories in Creative Writing

Brandi Bird

Student
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)
 
 

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