Manhattanville MFA

The MFA Program in Creative Writing at Manhattanville College: A dynamic literary community of writers from all walks of life.

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MFA faculty member Mark Nowak is looking forward to giving money away to poets! He’s one of six writers, including U.S. poets laureate and a MacArthur genius, chosen to determine who gets part of an historic $2.2 million Melon Foundation grant through https://t.co/2l4cRjvlkJ.

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Meet Our Professors: Jennifer Franklin is teaching our spring poetry workshop. Jennifer, whose books include "No Small Gift" and "Looming,” directs programming at The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, is co-editor of Slapering Hol Press, and lives in NYC. She is a valued addition!

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Revise your latest story or essay with improv comedy! Friday, Feb. 28 at 6 pm: MFA professor Alisa Kwitney hosts the 'The Writer's Improv Workshop' in Barat House with her improv team, ‘Uncle Cannibal.’ Free event, donations welcome at the door. Learn more https://t.co/MxdXZuH2u2

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Meet Our Professors: Sharbari Ahmed is an accomplished novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. Her script writing pedigree includes working on television's "Quantico," and now she is leading our MFA students through a “writers room” style screenwriting course. Go Sharbari!

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The Manhattanville MFA program would like to extend a very heartfelt thank you to @_joseolivarez for reading from his book Citizen Illegal last night! The room was packed, meaningful questions were answered, and it was an incredible learning opportunity! Thank you again, Jose!

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Join Lee Stringer on Saturday, February 15 at 10 AM in Barat House for her 'Don’t Let Trying Get In The Way Of Writing' workshop! Learn how to let your unconscious brain fuel your writing! This workshop will help you find your voice! $35 registration- https://t.co/6Zzb0StQnB

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Pre-orders are live for Inkwell 35! Melissa Febos on Writing Without a Net, special section on Sanctuary, new prose and poetry from Alice B. Fogel, Shawn Rubenstein, J.A. Bernstein, and much more. Visit the pre-order page here: https://t.co/dXgdoERmAY

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Poet Jose Olivarez! On February 17, our first spring Meet the Writers event brings this vibrant, energetic, immigration and social justice activist and award winning poet to the East Room. An information session on the MFA Program follows this free event! https://t.co/YiYOVviKs7

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Mville MFA alumnus Sean Griffin is doing incredible literary things and we are so proud of him! Please check out the poetry he has recently had published in Selcouth Station and Cathexis Northwest Press! https://t.co/185IsIEr9R - https://t.co/jlcK4sr8yh - https://t.co/LpuhomXH3i

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Our "Putting Your Best Food" Forward workshop with Allison Dickens was a hit, so don't miss out on "Writing and Mindfulness" with Michelle Levy! Click to sign up here: https://t.co/7gKs1IgZdh

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Join us and Michelle Levy in Barat House on Dec. 7 at 10AM!

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Similar to a “Runner’s high”, writers strive to reach a place of “flow.” This Mindfulness workshop will draw from the fields of neuroscience, meditation, embodiment, method acting, and breathwork in order to help guide participants to a place of flow.

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Saturday we paid homage to Dwight Hilson for his dedication to helping our MFA program succeed.

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We had an action filled end of the week here at MVille's MFA!

Thursday we fed the people good food, and good stories at our storytelling event for Food Justice, featuring David Juros, Raquel Rivera-Pablo, Shawn Joseph, Missy Palmisciano, Linda Tarrant-Reid and Karen Khor.

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Grab a seat! Good food, good stories at our live storytelling event for Food Justice! Only a few seats left, so register now: https://t.co/KpYtvHDDtR

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We are just two days away from our live storytelling event for Food Justice at RiverMarket Bar and Kitchen (@rvrmrkt)! Seats are limited, but not sold out, click here to learn more: https://t.co/znCgvcVVAL We look forward to sharing food and stories with you!

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You can also check out footage from the reading and interview with Sharbari Ahmed, celebrating the publishing of her recent novel Dust Under Her Feet! https://t.co/UHXSPSUFNV

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Check out footage from our reading and interview with Melissa Febos during Fall Writer's Weekend! https://t.co/NeFqyEx0Yn

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Join us this Saturday from 2-7PM in Barat House for our second annual Poetry Mini-Festival!

This event is FREE and open to the public, and will feature four great poets: Michelle Whittaker, Jennifer Franklin, Suzanne Parker, and Fred Marchand.

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MFA adjunct Alisa Kwitney got a great write up at https://t.co/14hmyA1r98

She will also be teaching a graphic narrative writing workshop in the upcoming spring semester!