MFA WINTER RESIDENCY – JULIE MARIE WADE: WCSU’s MFA in Creative and Professional Writing welcomes our 2021 Housatonic Book Award winner in nonfiction, Julie Marie Wade! Julie will read from her winning collection of essays, “Just an Ordinary Woman Breathing,” …
MFA WINTER RESIDENCY - SARAH DARER LITTMAN AND NORA RALEIGH BASKIN: Writers Nora Raleigh Baskin and Sarah Darer Littman aren’t afraid to tackle difficult —and sometimes controversial —topics. What are the author’s responsibilities to their audience when writing about these …
M.F.A. WINTER RESIDENCY RECEPTION AND FACULTY READING: Join Western Connecticut State University's MFA in Creative and Professional Writing in kicking off our 2024 Winter Residency! The opening reception will include short readings by our faculty from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Read More »
LIVE READING AND Q&A WITH JILL MCDONOUGH: Come celebrate the work of the 2023 Housatonic Book Award winner in Poetry, Jill McDonough! This event will be hosted by WCSU's M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing program will be from 7:30 Read More »
LIVE READING AND Q&A WITH E.A. NEEVES AND PATRICIA PARK: Join WCSU's M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing for a live reading and Q&A with authors E.A. Neeves and Patricia Park! This event is free, open to the public and Read More »
LIVE READING AND Q&A WITH SCOTT ELLSWORTH: Join WCSU's M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing program as it celebrates the work of the 2022 Housatonic Book Award winner in Nonfiction, Scott Ellsworth! This reading is free, open to the public, Read More »
SUMMER MEET- UP - M.F.A. IN CREATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING: On Saturday, June 22, at 2 p.m., the MFA in Creative and Professional Writing program will host a meet-up at Reverie Brewing in Newtown. Come learn more about us, including …
MFA IN CREATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING WELCOME BACK EVENT AT AQUILA'S NEST VINEYARDS: Come join Western Connecticut State University’s MFA in Creative and Professional Writing in kicking off the fall 2024 semester and celebrating their 20th anniversary at noon at …
FILM SCREENING - "I AM: MUSLIM/AMERICAN": This award-winning film by WCSU MFA Writing alumna Aaliyah Miller will be shown in the President's Reception Room, Westside Classroom Building Room 218 on the Westside campus at 7:30 p.m. Q&A with Miller and the …
READING: Author Ian M. Rogers will read from his work in the President's Reception Room, Westside Classroom Building Room 218 on the Westside campus at 7:30 p.m. Q&A will follow. Rogers is the author of "MFA Thesis Novel," a satirical look Read More »
ALUMNI BOOK FAIR: In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the WCSU MFA in Creative and Professional Writing program, an Alumni Book Fair, featuring the publications of graduates from the past two decades, will be held in the President's Reception …
READING: Poet Joan Kwon Glass will read from her work in the President's Reception Room, Westside Classroom Building Room 218 on the Westside campus at 7:30 p.m. Q&A will follow. Glass is the winner of the 2024 Perugia Press Poetry Prize Read More »
