The MFA Department will have a series of readings this year showcasing MFA students and visiting readers. It is free and open to the public. The first reading is Thursday, September 22 at 8:00 p.m., featuring MFA candidates John Powers, Megan Bartholomay and Ryan Christiansen. (Spirit Room: 701.237.0230)
On Friday, May 13, the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing will be awarded to five candidates: Renee LaMie (Poetry), Ellie Musselman (Screenwriting), Daniel Nygard (Fiction), Andrew Olson (Fiction), and Derrick Paulson (Poetry). Lonnette Lynch (Fiction) completed her degree in December 2010. As part of their program requirements, the students will present a public reading of their […]
On April 26, 2011, the University of Iowa Press will release Thom Tammaro (MFA Program, English) and Sheila Coghill’s (English, MLA Program) new anthology, VISITING DR. WILLIAMS: POEMS INSPIRED BY THE LIFE AND WORK OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS. This is the fifth anthology in the series established by Tammaro and Coghill and published by the University of Iowa Press. Tammaro […]
“The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne.” Chaucer, “Parlement of Foules” In the fall of 1995, Moorhead State University offered its first MFA-level courses. Fifteen years later (and a university name change in 2000), seventy-eight people hold the MFA in Creative Writing degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead. We think it’s time to celebrate. The MFA faculty […]
Five graduate students in MSUM’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program read their creative work Thursday, March 31 to attendees of the 42nd annual UND Writer’s Conference in Grand Forks, N.D. MFA program candidates Ryan Christiansen, Renee LaMie, Ellie Musselman, Dan Nygard, and Andrew Olson read from their work at the conference, which was held March 29 through […]