The Port Townsend residency, happening now, is excited to be welcoming two of our Vermont alumni, Mary Johnson and Cara Hoffman, who will be reading and doing workshops Monday through Thursday next week. The readings are open to the public, and offer a great time to come see the campus, walk the beach, and get… Continue reading Come Back to Goddard
Category: Alumni News
Undocumented: Sarah Shellow at Spoke The Hub
In 2003, I broke the law because I did not believe in one that kept people from knowing each other. I went to live in Cuba for three months, packing my bags with my dream to write, with my years of studying Spanish, with the years I danced Cuban salsa in New York, and with… Continue reading Undocumented: Sarah Shellow at Spoke The Hub
OH, ANTONIONI!
by Jane Summer I am driving behind a tow truck. On its flatbed, a toothless black SUV faces me. A crucifix swings wildly from the rearview mirror. I’m thinking nothing can save us. I’ve been sad lately. My book is about to come out. That doesn’t cheer me up. In November our dog, a young… Continue reading OH, ANTONIONI!
ALUMNI NEWS – Ron Heacock Story Collection
Ron Heacock’s short story collection, Hey This is it, I’m Going to Die, was published by Libros Igni in November 2014. Many of the stories were written during his time as a Goddard undergraduate. Here’s the back cover description: What strange guests are these? A boy with the ability to lead the dead. A girl who can… Continue reading ALUMNI NEWS – Ron Heacock Story Collection
Breathing in Rhythm
by Lizz Schumer I sat in my dorm room at my East London university, staring at my own reflection in the window above my desk as I emailed my undergraduate writing mentor, a Goddard alum. “I can’t do this,” I wrote, sniveling. “It’s not what I wanted. It’s not what I needed.” The UK writing… Continue reading Breathing in Rhythm
Be Safe I Love You wins at Sundance
Cara says, “Wooot!” What would you say if your second novel was made into a movie that won an award at Sundance? Read more about it, and about Cara, and find out where to see her this month (hint, at Goddard, Port Townsend!) below: From Cara Hoffman’s blog PARK CITY, UT — Sundance Institute today… Continue reading Be Safe I Love You wins at Sundance
MFAW-VT Alumni News!
MFAW-VT Alum (’14), Kelly Avery’s essay, “How to Wait for Morning” was published in The Quotable which then nominated the essay for a Pushcart Prize.In October, Kelly signed with agent Michelle Johnson of Inklings Literary, who will represent the novel that started as her Goddard thesis. Congratulations, Kelly!
MFAW-WA Alum Drew Dillhunt Won a Prize!
Drew Dillhunt’s poetry collection, Leaf is All was selected as the winner of the 2014 Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize, and will be published by Bear Star Press. Leaf is All is the further revised and polished version of his Goddard thesis. Congratulations, Drew!
MFAW Alum Publishes a new book of Poetry!
Donnelle McGee’s new poetry book, Naked, was released today by Unbound Content. Congratulations, Donnelle!
Isla McKetta: Things I Wish I’d Known When I Graduated from Goddard
It seems like ages ago that I graduated from Goddard’s MFA program in creative writing at Port Townsend. It was only the summer of 2010, but I still remember the rush of holding that diploma in my hand. My classmates and I were ready to take on the literary world. Or so we thought. It’s… Continue reading Isla McKetta: Things I Wish I’d Known When I Graduated from Goddard
ALUMNI NEWS
MFAW-VT Alum (Spring 14) Joslyn Robinson just had her second article published on the online literary genre magazine, The Artifice. Here is the link: http://the-artifice.com/writers-guide-hero-journey/ Congratulations, Joslyn!
Alum Charlie Bondhus returns in January
Poet and Goddard College alumnus Charlie Bondhus (MFAW ’05) reads from his work on Friday, January 9th at 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Presented by the MFA in Creative Writing Program’s Alumni Reader Series. Charlie Bondhus’s second book, All the Heat We Could Carry, won the 2013 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award and… Continue reading Alum Charlie Bondhus returns in January
On the Birth of CLOCKHOUSE
On November 1st, a new national literary journal was born. Clockhouse was the dream of two of my master’s degree candidates in the MFA in Creative Writing program my very first semester teaching at Goddard. Led by a group of alumni, editorially-independent, the journal they imagined was nevertheless essentially of Goddard, for Goddard; you could even… Continue reading On the Birth of CLOCKHOUSE
Alum Mary Johnson talks memoir With Rahna Reiko Rizzuto and Kenny Fries
During our recent residency, alumna Mary Johnson, author of An Unquenchable Thirst: Following Mother Teresa in Search of Love, Service, and an Authentic Life, joined faculty members Kenny Fries and Reiko Rizzuto at Goddard’s Plainfield, Vermont campus on 1/10/12 to discuss approaches and experiences to developing a memoir. Transformation: From Personal Experience to Published Memoir from… Continue reading Alum Mary Johnson talks memoir With Rahna Reiko Rizzuto and Kenny Fries