Thursday, March 27, 2014

New CW Podcast featuring Greg Rodgers

The most recent Creative Writing Program podcast is now available at our website. This month's podcast, hosted by MFA candidate Yael Massen, features fellow MFA candidate Greg Rodgers reading his essay "Storytelling in the Midwest," which was published as part of Ninth Letter's Where We're At feature in the Fall/Winter 2013-14 issue of the journal.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Laura Adamczyk and Natalie Mesnard Win Literary Awards

Congratulations to MFA alum Laura Adamczyk and current MFA candidate Natalie Mesnard on their recent honors! Laura was awarded the Disquiet Literary Prize in Fiction for her short story "Girls," and was also named the Grand Prize winner of this year's competition. "Girls" will be published in Guernica, and Laura will receive full tuition and accommodations for the 2014 Disquiet Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal.

Natalie was awarded a 2014 AWP Intro Journals Award for her poem "Rations." The AWP Intro Journals Project honors the best new writing by students currently enrolled in AWP member programs. "Rations" will be published by the Tampa Review.

Monday, March 10, 2014

David Wright on Writing Race in America

Author and University of Illinois colleague David Wright has an excellent piece on the Chronicle of Higher Education web site, Writing Race in America.


(Also, read more about Steve Davenport's "Black Guy Bald Guy" series, referenced in David's article, at his web site.)