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SUMMARY:Summer Meet-Up! MFA in Creative and Professional Writing
DESCRIPTION: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 our residencies at The Highlights Foundation in the Pocono Mountains\, and our Dublin Residency at the Oscar Wilde House. This casual get together is open to all. Hope to see you there!
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/summer-meet-up-mfa-in-creative-and-professional-writing/
LOCATION:Off-campus Trip
CATEGORIES:Affiliated Event,Alumni,Career search,Information Session,Meeting,Open House,Public Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="MFA in Creative and Professional Writing":MAILTO:dariesa@wcsu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240105T193000
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SUMMARY:Reading and Q&A with Scott Ellsworth
DESCRIPTION: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\, and will take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building. \nScott Ellsworth is the New York Times bestselling author of “The Secret Game” and winner of the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. He has written about American history for The New York Times\, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Formerly a historian at the Smithsonian Institution\, he is also the author of “The World Beneath Their Feet” and “Death in a Promised Land.” His most recent book\, “The Ground Breaking: The Tulsa Race Massacre and an American City’s Search for Justice\,” won WCSU’s 2022 Housatonic Book Award. Ellsworth lives in Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, where he teaches in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan. Learn more at www.facebook.com/events/1017289469357759.
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/reading-and-qa-with-scott-ellsworth/
LOCATION:President’s Reception Room\, Westside Classroom Building 218\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT
CATEGORIES:Public Events,Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="MFA in Creative and Professional Writing":MAILTO:dariesa@wcsu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240104T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240104T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T231146
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SUMMARY:Reading and Q&A with E.A. Neeves and Patricia Park
DESCRIPTION: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 will take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building. \nE.A. Neeves grew up in New England\, where she spent many summers lifeguarding at an idyllic lake\, and occasionally catching snapping turtles. She enjoys tea\, swimming and board games that take entire evenings to play. When she’s not writing\, she can usually be found spending time with her family at their (probably not haunted) home in Salem\, Massachusetts. “After You Vanished” is her YA debut. \nPatricia Park is a tenured professor of Creative Writing at American University\, a Fulbright Scholar in Creative Arts\, an Edith Wharton Writer-in-Residence\, and a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow. She is the author of the YA novel\, “Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim” and the adult novel\, “Re Jane\,” a retelling of Jane Eyre named New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice\, winner of an American Library Association Award\, an NPR Fresh Air pick\, and others. She’s written for the New York Times\, New Yorker\, Guardian\, and others. Her new YA novel\, “What’s Eating Jackie Oh?” is forthcoming in April 2024. For more information\, visit www.facebook.com/events/3656415664680268.
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/reading-and-qa-with-e-a-neeves-and-patricia-park/
LOCATION:President’s Reception Room\, Westside Classroom Building 218\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT
CATEGORIES:Public Events,Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="MFA in Creative and Professional Writing":MAILTO:dariesa@wcsu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240103T193000
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SUMMARY:Reading and Q&A with Jill McDonough
DESCRIPTION: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 to 9 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building. \nJill McDonough’s books of poems include “Habeas Corpus” (Salt\, 2008)\, “Where You Live” (Salt\, 2012)\, “Reaper” (Alice James\, 2017). and “Here All Night” (Alice James\, 2019). The recipient of three Pushcart prizes and fellowships from the Lannan Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Fine Arts Work Center\, the New York Public Library\, the Library of Congress\, and Stanford’s Stegner program\, she taught incarcerated college students through Boston University’s Prison Education Program for 13 years. Her work has appeared in Poetry\, Slate\, The Nation\, The Threepenny Review and Best American Poetry. She teaches in the M.F.A. program at UMass-Boston and offers College Reading and Writing in Boston jails. Her sixth poetry collection\, “American Treasure\,” won WCSU’s 2023 Housatonic Book Award. For more information\, go to www.facebook.com/events/1036373287694275.
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/reading-and-qa-with-jill-mcdonough/
LOCATION:President’s Reception Room\, Westside Classroom Building 218\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT
CATEGORIES:Public Events,Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="MFA in Creative and Professional Writing":MAILTO:dariesa@wcsu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240102T193000
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SUMMARY:M.F.A. Winter Residency Reception and Faculty Reading
DESCRIPTION: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 Hotel Zero Degrees\, 15 Milestone Road in Danbury. \nAll evening events are free and open to the public. The full schedule is available on our website. www.wcsu.edu/writing-mfa/.\n\nPlease RSVP by contacting M.F.A. Coordinator Anthony D’Aries at dariesa@wcsu.edu.
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/m-f-a-winter-residency-reception-and-faculty-reading/
LOCATION:Hotel Zero Degrees\, 15 Milestone Road\, Danbury\, CT\, 06810
CATEGORIES:Reading,Reception
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ORGANIZER;CN="MFA in Creative and Professional Writing":MAILTO:dariesa@wcsu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230106T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230106T210000
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SUMMARY:MFA Winter Residency - Sarah Darer Littman and Nora Raleigh Baskin
DESCRIPTION: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 subjects? And what responsibility do authors have to themselves when researching and writing about topics that have painful personal resonance? \nNora Raleigh Baskin is a creative writing teacher and the author of fifteen novels for young readers\, as well as several personal narrative essays\, and a work-in-progress novel of literary fiction for adult readers (The Story of You). Her YA novel\, Nine\, Ten: A September 11 Story\, is a “tense…and thought-provoking” (Kirkus Review\, starred review) look at the days leading up to the tragic events of September 11\, 2001\, and how that day impacted the lives of four middle schoolers. \nSarah Darer Littman is the critically acclaimed author of 19 middle grade and young adult novels\, including Backlash (Winner of the Iowa Teen Book Award and the Grand Canyon Reader Award) and Confessions of a Closet Catholic\, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award. Her most recent book\, Some Kind of Hate\, was released in November 2022. As well as writing novels\, Sarah teaches in the MFA program at WCSU and at the Yale Writers’ Workshop. She is also an award-winning columnist. \nAll evening residency events are free and open to the public. The event will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building (President’s Reception Room).
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/mfa-winter-residency-sarah-darer-littman-and-nora-raleigh-baskin/
LOCATION:President’s Reception Room\, Westside Classroom Building 218\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT
CATEGORIES:Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="MFA in Creative and Professional Writing":MAILTO:dariesa@wcsu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230105T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230105T210000
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SUMMARY:MFA Winter Residency - Julie Marie Wade
DESCRIPTION: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\,” and answer questions from the audience from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building (President’s Reception Room). \nAll evening residency events are free and open to the public. \nJulie Marie Wade is the author of 13 collections of poetry\, prose\, and hybrid forms\, including Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures\, Small Fires\, Postage Due: Poems & Prose Poems\, When I Was Straight\, SIX\, Just an Ordinary Woman Breathing\, and Skirted. With Denise Duhamel\, she wrote The Unrhymables: Collaborations in Prose\, and with Brenda Miller\, Telephone: Essays in Two Voices. A winner of the Marie Alexander Poetry Series and the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir\, Julie teaches in the creative writing program at Florida International University and reviews regularly for Lambda Literary Review and The Rumpus.
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/mfa-winter-residency-julie-marie-wade/
LOCATION:President’s Reception Room\, Westside Classroom Building 218\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT
CATEGORIES:Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="MFA in Creative and Professional Writing":MAILTO:dariesa@wcsu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230104T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230104T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T231146
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SUMMARY:MFA Winter Residency - Jubi Arriola-Headley
DESCRIPTION:M.F.A. WINTER RESIDENCY – JUBI ARRIOLA-HEADLEY: WCSU’s MFA in Creative and Professional Writing welcomes our 2021 Housatonic Book Award winner in poetry\, Jubi Arriola-Headley! Jubi will read from his winning collection\, “original kink\,” and answer questions from the audience from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building (President’s Reception Room). \nAll evening residency events are free and open to the public. \nJubi Arriola-Headley (he/him) is a Blacqueer poet\, storyteller\, first-generation United Statesian\, and author of original kink: poems (Sibling Rivalry Press)\, recipient of the 2021 Housatonic Book Award. He’s a 2018 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow\, holds an MFA from the University of Miami\, and has received support from Yaddo\, Millay Arts\, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, Lambda Literary\, & the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Jubi and his work have been featured in Literary Hub\, Electric Literature\, The Rumpus\, Southern Humanities Review\, PBS NewsHour’s Brief But Spectacular\, & elsewhere. Jubi lives with his husband in South Florida\, on ancestral Tequesta\, Miccosukee\, and Seminole lands.
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/mfa-winter-residency-jubi-arriola-headley/
LOCATION:President’s Reception Room\, Westside Classroom Building 218\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT
CATEGORIES:Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="MFA in Creative and Professional Writing":MAILTO:dariesa@wcsu.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230103T210000
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SUMMARY:MFA Winter Residency - Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:MFA WINTER RESIDENCY: – OPENING RECEPTION: Join the M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing community at Hotel Zero Degrees in Danbury on opening night of their 2023 Winter Residency! Faculty members will read short excerpts from their creative works-in-progress. Coffee/tea/light desserts will be served. From 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Hotel Zero Degrees in Danbury. \nAll residency evening events are free and open to the public.
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/mfa-winter-residency-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Hotel Zero Degrees\, 15 Milestone Road\, Danbury\, CT\, 06810
CATEGORIES:Reading,Reception
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ORGANIZER;CN="MFA in Creative and Professional Writing":MAILTO:dariesa@wcsu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221111T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T231146
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SUMMARY:Veteran's Day Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:VETERAN’S DAY BOOK LAUNCH: WCSU’s MFA in Creative and Professional Writing is co-sponsoring a Veteran’s Day celebration at Byrd’s Books in Bethel from 7 to 8 p.m. The event will feature Ron Farina\, an MFA graduate\, who recently published his third book\, OUT OF THE SHADOWS. \nAbout the book: \nThe stories of nine remarkable American women soldiers wounded while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. Based on hours of personal interviews\, Out of the Shadows: Voices of American Women Soldiers pieces together the unique lives of these women who served side by side with their male counterparts in war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan. \nAbout the author: \nRon Farina is author of three books\, including most recently “Out of the Shadows Voices of American Women Soldiers\,” “Who Will Have My Back” and “At the Altar of the Past.” Other works include: “Unsung Heroes\,” “Keeping Promises” and “Worn Torn\,” personal essays about the human cost of war. In 2021 he was awarded the AWP Intro Award for Fiction and the Society of Professional Journalists\, Connecticut Chapter first place award for General Column Magazine writing. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two Golden Retrievers\, Henry and Preacher. \nHe holds an MFA from Western Connecticut State University. He served in Vietnam in 1966-67.
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/veterans-day-book-launch/
LOCATION:Byrd’s Books in Bethel\, CT
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Discussion,Public Events,Reading,Speaker
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ORGANIZER;CN="MFA in Creative and Professional Writing":MAILTO:dariesa@wcsu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221012T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221012T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T231146
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SUMMARY:Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:BOOK LAUNCH – MFA IN CREATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING – BRIANA McGUCKIN: Join the Writing and Literature Department and Byrd’s Books in celebrating the release of MFA alumna Briana Una McGuckin’s debut novel\, On Good Authority (Thomas & Mercer\, 2022). A reading\, discussion\, and signing will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. followed by a casual reception at Edison Kitchen next door to Byrd’s Books in downtown Bethel\, CT. \nPre-registration is required. 
URL:https://www.wcsu.edu/events/calendar/book-launch/
LOCATION:Byrd’s Books in Bethel\, CT
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Discussion,Entertainment,Public Events,Reading,Speaker
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