Congratulations to MFAW-VT alum Chera Hammons who just had the following poem published at Rattle.com.To mark National Poetry Month, here is the poem, in its entirety: THE DESCENT OF THE GERMANWINGS Musicians know how to write silence, how to lay lines and measures across a white landscape, to show where music is… Continue reading Chera Hammons: The Descent of the Germanwings
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National Poetry Month – WeHo Lamppost Poetry Project and Reading
MICHAEL KLEIN is one of 23 poets (W.S. Merwin, Marie Howe, Toi Derricotte, Mark Doty, Sharon Olds among them) who, for National Poetry Month, has their photo image (by MFAW student Shef Reynolds) and line from one of their poems as part of their own banner which graces a lamppost along Santa Monica Boulevard in… Continue reading National Poetry Month – WeHo Lamppost Poetry Project and Reading
Seam, Pen, Needle: Jill Magi on “A Textile Poetics”
from Jan Clausen Over at Jacket2, that slightly obscure but thoroughly indispensable resource for thinking poetry, MFAW alum Jill Magi (most recent book: Labor) is pursuing a multi-month reflection on connections between textile production and the making of poetry. I love her description of the thread she’ll be following: not the easy equivalence of text = textile,… Continue reading Seam, Pen, Needle: Jill Magi on “A Textile Poetics”
WHEN POEMS COME BACK
Besides teaching at Goddard, I teach at Sheridan College, a small community college in Sheridan, Wyoming. Every once in a while we get an amazing student. T. is one of the student-consultants in our writing center. He is a music major who is an excellent percussionist, but he has suddenly discovered literature. He comes… Continue reading WHEN POEMS COME BACK
Life without Plans: World premiere of “In bed together”
One thing I’ve learned about writing, which, in turn, has reinforced what I’ve learned about life, is that you never know what might lead to what, what might happen next. In 2002, when I was introduced by a mutual friend to composer Marty Regan in Tokyo, I had not an inkling that a decade… Continue reading Life without Plans: World premiere of “In bed together”
How To Write A Poem
By Bhanu Kapil (Originally published on The Poetry Foundation’s Harriet blog, for national Poetry month, April 2012. Which means, for the entire poem, you have to go there. But to begin…) How to Write a Poem 1. Eat the raw heart of a horse. This will distinguish you from a cast of thousands. 2. Are you… Continue reading How To Write A Poem
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!
Jan Clausen’s poem in Drunken Boat
Jan Clausen’s poem “The Wave That Is the Motion of the World” appears in Drunken Boat 20, just launched. Both print and a sound recording are available at: http://issues.drunkenboat.com/db20/poetry/jan-clausen
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
Poems by Michael Klein in Ploughshares
Michael Klein’s poem, “It’s Derby Day” has been accepted for publication by Oxford American, and an essay, “Overture Without Music,” was accepted by Slice. Both will appear in spring 2015. He’s also had three poems, “Harmonium,” “What Happened After it Happened,” and “A Life in the Theater (2)” accepted for publication by Ploughshares for two… Continue reading Poems by Michael Klein in Ploughshares
Toronto Arts Council grant to Kenny Fries
Kenny Fries received a Toronto Arts Council grant for his new Germany-based book, Stumbling Over History. He also had a poem, “An Opening,” up at Good Men Project. He also presented “Different Bodies,” at the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany on November 4, 2014 and was invited to speak by Dr. Theresia Degener, Professor of… Continue reading Toronto Arts Council grant to Kenny Fries
Jane Wohl reading at Ucross
Jane Wohl participated in a reading in Ucross, Wyoming, on September 20, sponsored by the Wyoming Outdoor Council, the UW MFA program and the Haub school of natural resources at the University of Wyoming
Faculty, Student and Alumni Achievements, July-August 2014
FACULTY Ryan Boudinot‘s story “Readers and Writers,” originally published in Post Road and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, is a story of the month on the Committee Room. An interview with Ryan appears in the inaugural issue of online magazine Moss. Deborah Brevoort’s backstage farce The Velvet Weapon was produced at the Trustus Theatre in… Continue reading Faculty, Student and Alumni Achievements, July-August 2014
News and Publications Jan-Feb 2014
FACULTY Kyle Bass has been commissioned by the Onondaga Historical Association to write a play based on events of 1839 involving a fugitive enslaved woman, abolitionist Gerrit Smith, and a young Elizabeth Cady (Stanton). Deborah Brevoort was invited in February to teach three playwriting workshops at the San Miguel Writer’s Conference in San Miguel de… Continue reading News and Publications Jan-Feb 2014