MFA Mission
MFA graduates for many years now have learned upon graduation that there are woefully few teaching jobs available in creative writing and that they are unequipped to compete for work outside academia. In order to cultivate careers as professional writers, they frequently find it necessary to master multiple genres. But writers who have deep interest in genres other than poetry and fiction find few options for study in most MFA programs. [read more ...]
MFA News Tim Weed in National Geographic's Intelligent Traveller. David Holub discusses Vonnegut in The Paris Review. Michael Perrota's Mercy College: Yesterday and Today is on sale now, and The History of New Jersey Boxing is coming soon! Karen Romano Young's new book, Stuck in the Middle (Of Middle School): A Novel in Doodles is now for sale. Roger Boylan's novel Ohiowa Impromptu (A Multicultural Farce) is being serialized in the Evergreen Review. Josh Pahigian in Writer's Digest. MFA Coordinator Brian Clements has two new collections out: In Review, a chapbook in print from Red Glass Books and not meant for you Dear Love, a sequence online at Mudlark. MFA graduate Marc Fitch's Paranormal Nation is out from Praeger Publishing.
Faculty publications
Student and Graduate publications
Contact us:
Brian Clements,
Coordinator
Higgins Hall #205B
Ph: (203) 837-8876
Fax: (203) 837-3953
Midtown Campus
Residency
Summer 2013:
08/03/13 - 08/10/13
Winter 2013:
01/02/13 - 01/08/13
MFA Faculty
Past Visiting Writers
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The MFA in the Media
Mark Sundeen's article in the Huffington Post: The Other One Percent
The Luck of the Irish by Roger Boylan
Out of the Box Makes 2011 Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
Spring Writing Festival: 4/11 - 4/17
Daniel Asa Rose's Latest Book Review: Life on Sandpaper
Adam King in Best New Writing 2011
MFA Alum Henderson in the News
MFA Candidate, Cleland, Interview
Karen Romano Young's New Book!
MFA Grad, Aaliyah Miller, in the News!
Danbury News-Times Article on "The Future of News"
MFA Program Hits Five-Year Mark
Roger Boylan in the New York Times
MFA Candidate, Claudine D'Angelo-Dotzman, Wins Fiction Prize
Writer in Residence, Don Snyder, on Oprah
New Research on Value of Interdisciplinary Writing Degree
New Anthology From Firewheel Press
WestConn IT Essentials
Contact Us
Brian Clements,
Coordinator
Higgins Hall #205F
Ph: (203) 837-8876
Fax: (203) 837-3953
Midtown Campus
