News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Creative Writing and Poetics
Amaranth Borsuk publishes work in Fence
The 40th issue of Fence, a biennial magazine of poetry, fiction, art, and criticism that since 1998 has published "challenging writing distinguished by idiosyncrasy and intelligence rather than by allegiance with camps, schools, or cliques," is full of wonderful and innovative work.
April 6, 2023
MFA Alum Nicole McCarthy (MFA ’17) Interviewed in CRAFT
Chicago editor and book blogger, Leslie Lindsey, interviewed Nicole McCarthy (MFA '17) about her book, A Summoning, diving into the intricacies of living in and writing about memory.
February 14, 2023
Emily J. Mundy curates the third show of The Poetry Séance series
Since December of 2021, MFA alum Emily J. Mundy (MFA 2022) has been curating a quarterly performance and workshop series, The Poetry Séance.
January 26, 2023
Rob McLennan interviews Nicole McCarthy (MFA 2017) about writing and A Summoning
Canadian poet, editor, and publisher, Rob McLennan, interviewed Nicole McCarthy (MFA '17) about her new book, A Summoning, and the writing process that led to the book's creation.
January 26, 2023
Jeanne Heuving Publishes Brilliant Corners
Jeanne Heuving's book Brilliant Corners, poetry and prose, came out from Chax Press in October. She launched her book at Elliott Bay Books in Seattle this fall.
January 10, 2023
National Bestseller Cathy Park Hong Visits the UWB Campus
Cathy Park Hong, national bestseller and the author of Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (2020), joined us at UWB for an informal talk and luncheon prior to her Graduate School lecture on December 1st, 2022.
December 28, 2022
MFA Alum Brent Cox launches The Topological Poetics Research Institute
School of IAS alumnus Brent Cox (MFA '17) is happy to announce the release of TPRI #1
December 28, 2022
MFA Alum Simon Wolf Teaches at Hugo House and leads Monthly Writing Circle
This winter Simon Wolf (MFA, 2022) will offer Place Based Poetics: Writing with the Duwamish River, a workshop through Hugo House, an essential literary community in Seattle.
December 28, 2022
Katherine Agyemaa Agard Wins the 2018 Essay Press MFA Book Contest
of colour is an experimental essay about color, hybridity, and art-making. Selected by Mary-Kim Arnold for the 2018 Essay Press | UW Bothell MFA Book Contest.
November 29, 2022
Kaia Solvig Preus Wins the 2018 Essay Press MFA Book Contest
The War Requiem blends memoir, research, and historical fiction, in order to explore Benjamin Britten’s dynamic piece of choral and orchestral music, the War Requiem, Op.66. Selected by Rebecca Brown for the 2018 Essay Press | UW Bothell MFA Book Contest.
November 29, 2022