In our February residency I’m going to ask my students of memoir to imagine their lives as if they had made all the right choices and gotten everything they’d fiercely wanted and failed to get. In this moment, a few breaths before the new year of 2016, I try imagining my own life the same… Continue reading The Right Story: Rewriting My Life
Author: MFA Writing
A Happy New Year to All!
Wishing the MFAW faculty, alumni, and current students a 2016 filled with writing, Kathryn, Jeff, Dave, Heather, and Lucy The CWC Board of Stewards www.clockhousewriters.com
Do You Have Your Copy of CLOCKWORKS?
The current issue of Clockworks marks the 30th anniversary of the magazine that began as The Goddard Record. As former director of alumni relations and Clockworks editor Sarah Hooker, details the record of magazine’s thirty years, looking through the large notebook of archived issues is like time travel; it gives one a capsulized sense of all… Continue reading Do You Have Your Copy of CLOCKWORKS?
One Alumni Association, Two Conference & Retreat Opportunities
One Great MFAW Program, Two Great Locations. One Alumni Association, Two Conference & Retreat Opportunities. The Clockhouse Writers’ Conference now offers TWO conference and retreat opportunities: Clockhouse in Plainfield, Vermont, each summer and Lighthouse in Port Townsend, Washington, each winter. Please see the the CWC website for more information and registration forms–and while you consider… Continue reading One Alumni Association, Two Conference & Retreat Opportunities
And more on… Fox Tooth Heart
MFAW-VT faculty member John McManus’s new collection of short stories Fox Tooth Heart has garnered amazing reviews since we posted about it two weeks ago. Join us in celebrating John’s success, and read all about it below! From LitHub Magazine: “The first sentence of McManus’s short story “Bugaboo” establishes mood, setting, and character all at… Continue reading And more on… Fox Tooth Heart
A Different Approach to Writing Annotations
By Patricia Connelly The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts–A Two-Part Blog At one of our group advising meetings during the June residency in Vermont, Deborah Brevoort suggested we all read one or two of the same works during the semester and annotate them at the same time. The idea was that… Continue reading A Different Approach to Writing Annotations
Confessions of a Playwright Cast as a Dramaturg (including a Glossary of Terms)
In the broadest sense, my lofty role at the theater where I serve as resident dramaturg is to protect the integrity of the art form. But day-to-day, I do research and read A LOT of plays. I’m also very involved with season planning, casting, production design conferences, and I develop and curate all the humanities… Continue reading Confessions of a Playwright Cast as a Dramaturg (including a Glossary of Terms)
The Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat
It’s finally here! We’re thrilled to announce that registration is open for the inaugural session of the Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat (LWC&R), which will be held February 12 through 15, 2016. This is an opportunity to revitalize your own work amid the richness of Goddard’s Port Townsend MFAW community at Fort Worden while… Continue reading The Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat
And have you read… Green?
By Theresa Senato Edwards, MFAW 2007 The Writer caught up with Theresa right before her book Green goes on sale! What was the impetus for the writing of this book? Green began years ago as the result of an exercise in an MFA creative writing workshop at Goddard College led by Dr. Jane Wohl. For… Continue reading And have you read… Green?
Expanding a Legacy: The Pitkin Review
by Christine Kalafus Last spring I received an unexpected email from the outgoing Editor-in-Chief of The Pitkin Review. It read: “I wanted to ask if you’d be interested in filling the position of Editor-in-Chief next semester.” I nearly choked on my tea. Then I had two thoughts: There must be someone more… Continue reading Expanding a Legacy: The Pitkin Review
This Day, in Infamy and History
Today is a day that was supposed to live in infamy. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the U.S. response, kicked off a chain of events – including the internment and the atomic bombings – that still reverberate today. What do we know? President Roosevelt called Pearl Harbor an “unprovoked… Continue reading This Day, in Infamy and History
Pele’s Fire, Write to the Core: A Glimpse Inside
By Heather Leah Huddleston A writer’s retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii may sound like a far-off dream, but now, it is a reality. Pele’s Fire: Write to the Core, a writer’s retreat at Kalani, a 120-acre retreat space located near the village of Pahoa, is taking place in April 2016. “…for me, the… Continue reading Pele’s Fire, Write to the Core: A Glimpse Inside
And have you read… Fox, Tooth, Heart?
John McManus’ new story collection, Fox Tooth Heart, was published by Sarabande Books earlier in November. This holiday week, The Writer decided to feature our interview with John and celebrate his latest book. Hooray x infinity! 1) What was the impetus for this book? Right now I’m about a month away from finishing a novel… Continue reading And have you read… Fox, Tooth, Heart?
11 Days to Go: CLOCKHOUSE Submissions & CNF Past
Yes, really. Clockhouse’s submission period ends at 11:59 p.m. on December 1, 2015, so this is close to the last call for submissions. It’s easy to mired in the details of what hour, what day, what genres, who’s eligible to submit, but I hope those details never obscure Clockhouse’s mission: Dare. Risk. Dream. Share. Ruminate.… Continue reading 11 Days to Go: CLOCKHOUSE Submissions & CNF Past
And have you read… Flash House?
1) What was the impetus for writing this book? The first inspiration for this novel was my own family. I lived in India as a child for two years, during which my father worked for the UN and my mother for the Indian Government. My father flew all over Asia for work, including Afghanistan. I… Continue reading And have you read… Flash House?
Second Time Around: A Self-Interview
So, how does it feel to know that your 1999 memoir, Apples and Oranges: My Journey Through Sexual Identity, originally published by Houghton Mifflin, will be reissued by Seven Stories Press? Do you think this is a good moment for that to happen? It definitely feels good, but a little weird. Apples and Oranges is… Continue reading Second Time Around: A Self-Interview
CLOCKHOUSE Submissions Period & A Past Work of Fiction
The countdown continues: There are only seventeen days left in CLOCKHOUSE‘s submissions period! CLOCKHOUSE publishes Creative Non-Fiction, Drama, Fiction, and Poetry; submissions guidelines can be found at CLOCKHOUSE’s website, as can excerpts from the first three volumes. One of the writers you’ll find on that website is Dave Kim, whose short story “The Hobbyist,” was… Continue reading CLOCKHOUSE Submissions Period & A Past Work of Fiction
Poetry as a Tool for Educational Equity
By Simone John Who gets permission to be a poet? Which kids are told to aspire to be artists, and which kids are told to seek menial work? How can educators teach in a way that is liberatory? How can we interrupt thought processes born from the seeds of internalized oppression? I teach poetry out… Continue reading Poetry as a Tool for Educational Equity
My First Time
There’s nothing like the first time. Everyone remembers it, don’t they? I remember my first time as if it were yesterday. I had never been to the theater before. I’d seen local productions of The King and I and Annie Get Your Gun, but I had never seen a play. As it so happened, in… Continue reading My First Time
More About the Words: Donavon Davidson
By Heather Leah Huddleston Poets use fewer words than writers of other genres, and maybe because of this, their very existence is oftentimes viewed as somewhat magical, definitely romantic. It seems that everyone these days wants to be a “writer” but not many want to embody the poet’s life. Donavon Davidson proves that poets are… Continue reading More About the Words: Donavon Davidson