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MFA Alum Peter Barlow’s Little Black Dots Published with Chatter House Press

Congratulations to FDU MFA alum Peter Barlow! Peter's Little Black Dots: A Short Story Collection has been published by Chatter House Press. Are you interested in studying with Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Low Residency MFA program? Learn more. ...

07 Jul 2017 Posted by Gracelyn Weaver in Alumni Profiles, Books, Current Events, Current News, publications, Worth Reading no comments

MFA Poetry Alum Flower Conroy Named Key West Poet Laureate

FDU MFA alumna Flower Conroy has been named Key West Poet Laureate. Congratulations, Flower! Flower Conroy is the author of Facts About Snakes & Hearts, winner of Heavy Feather Press’ Chapbook Contest; The Awful Suicidal Swans; and Escape to Nowhere. Her poetry’s been nominated for Best of...

29 Jun 2017 Posted by Gracelyn Weaver in Alumni Profiles, Awards, Current News no comments

Alum Bill Mesce’s The Rules of Screenwriting and Why You Should Break Them

FDU MFA alum Bill Mesce Jr.'s book The Rules of Screenwriting and Why You Should Break Them has been published by McFarland & Co. Congratulations, Bill! About The Rules of Screenwriting and Why You Should Break Them: "A couple of generations ago, the movie industry ran on gut instinct film schools,...

07 Jun 2017 Posted by Gracelyn Weaver in Alumni Profiles, Books no comments

Renée Ashley’s Tribute Poem to Okla Elliott

"At lunch, my fortune is short / and spelled out in blue: You will live, // it said, a lifetime of love. It must have / been for you," writes Renée Ashley in "Dear Okla," her MAYDAY Magazine tribute poem to Okla Elliot who recently and...

28 May 2017 Posted by Gracelyn Weaver in faculty news, publications, Worth Reading no comments

MFA Alum Heather Lang’s Anthology Featured in the Las Vegas Review Journal

Witness off-duty Elvis, Miss Atomic at home & words as trapeze artists. Explore ghosts in the ecotone, hasty breakups & why reproduction has so many o's. Discover the saltshaker that's buried in the microwave, a sci-fi spacesuit's metallic silver & that desert bone. Edited &...

16 May 2017 Posted by Gracelyn Weaver in Alumni Profiles, Awards, Book Reviews, Books, Current Events, Current News, publications, Worth Reading no comments

FDU MFA Translation Faculty Idra Novey Wins 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

MFA Literary Translation faulty member Idra Novey has won the $100,000 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature! Read more at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Idra Novey is the author of the debut novel Ways to Disappear, winner of the 2016 Brooklyn Eagles Prize and a New York Times Editors’...

05 May 2017 Posted by Gracelyn Weaver in Awards, Books, Current News, Faculty Books, faculty news, publications no comments

MFA Alum Heather Lang Named Adjunct of the Year at Nevada State College

Poetry and Literary Translation MFA alum Heather Lang has been awarded the Nevada State College School of Liberal Arts & Sciences Adjunct of the Year Award. Heather teaches Asian Literature, Composition I, Composition II, Modern American Drama, Professional Writing, and World Literature II at NSC. -- This year Heather Lang...

28 Apr 2017 Posted by Gracelyn Weaver in Alumni Profiles, Awards no comments

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