The MFA at Western State Colorado University
This coming Friday, October 26, WSCU MFA poetry student Ben Longfellow (coach of the Adams State Rugby Team…!), has organized a poetry reading by WSCU MFA poets at Milagros Coffee House in Alamosa. Milagros is at 529 Main Street, in downtown Alamosa. The reading begins at 7 pm and is free and open to the… Continue reading
Two of WSCU’s creative writing faculty will read from their recent publications on Friday, October 26, 7pm, Savage Library. Mark Todd, Director of the MFA program and Professor of English, will preview his new science fiction time-travel novel, Strange Attractors, which comes out in trade paperback this fall. The story spins a tale about thirty-something… Continue reading
Dana Gioia, the gifted poet, critic and former Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, is now a member of our Advisory Board. Dana is deeply passionate about Robinson Jeffers, and in his new post as Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture at the University of Southern California, he is putting on… Continue reading
Poetry Concentration Director David J. Rothman is the Board-Endorsed Candidate for the Western Region for the AWP Board of Directors. The election will take place in March 2013, at the annual AWP convention in Boston. Says Rothman “It’s an honor to be nominated and endorsed for this position. If elected, I’ll work hard over the… Continue reading
And now….for some very big and welcome news. The Kenney Brothers Foundation has generously funded two $5,000 scholarships for new full-time students who enroll in our program in fall 2013. Each scholarship is for two years at the same amount each year. Application details are still in the works, but of course we’ll keep you… Continue reading
This summer, in conjunction with Western’s MFA, David Yezzi’s Summer Intensive on public speaking and performance for poets and writers (and actors….) will be open to the public to audit. Check out the WSC Public Performance workshop Press Release, which has all the details. David is a gifted writer, actor and teacher — come one,… Continue reading
This just in….this fall, after many years of preparation, Princeton will publish the new edition of the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, which includes five entries edited and updated by faculty member David J. Rothman (along with work by many friends of World of Versecraft….).
Both Susan Spear (who will be our first graduate this July) and faculty member David Yezzi have poems in the new issue of “Academic Questions.” David’s poem is here: http://www.springerlink.com/content/321318562k067618/ And one of Susan’s poems is here: http://www.springerlink.com/content/11u8672701627653/
This summer marks the third intensive for Western’s low-residency MFA, and the schedules are now fully written, the speakers and faculty invited, many students admitted, and plans are in full swing. I’ve attached the formal press release for the Third Annual Symposium on Poetry Criticism, which takes place at the end of the intensive, during… Continue reading
I’ve attached Western’s formal announcement of the Weismiller gift to the Savage Library. Everyone involved in the MFA is deeply grateful to the Weismiller family for the gift of such an extraordinary collection of books (especially on prosody), and to Dana Gioia, who facilitated the gift. This special collection will be available to all users… Continue reading
