Hamline CWP

Hamline's BFA, MFA, and MFA in Writing for Children & YA. Home to @WSRLitJournal, @Runestone_Lit, @HamlineMFAC, award-winning faculty, & amazing students.

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This evening, join us to hear alum Gen del Raye read from his brilliant new work ⭐️boundless deep and other stories⭐️ followed by a conversation with @sunyungshin.

Where: Eat My Words Bookstore
@EatMyWords3
214 13th Ave NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Sept. 16 at 7 PM

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⭐️ Heading north this weekend? Stop by the @FitgersBooks for alum @TylerSchwanke's book signing of his gripping novel, Breaking In. ⭐️

600 E Superior St
Duluth, MN 55802
12-2 PM

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We asked Professor Robyn Earhart what advice she would give to incoming CWP students:

"Take risks in your writing, and read widely across genres."

Robyn's work is found or forthcoming in @underreviewlit, @antithesis_melb, @ColumbiaJournal, and @barrenmagazine.

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Need a break from the cities? Head up north to a book signing! Get your copy of 🌟Breaking In 🌟signed by CWP Hamline alumnus Tyler Schwanke at The Bookstore At Fitger's in Duluth, MN.

When: Sept 16, 12-2
Where: 600 E Superior St
Duluth, MN 55802

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🌟Meet Your Professors!🌟
We asked Sasha Reanier what advice she would give to incoming CWP students:

"You're on a very special, magical journey. Let many guides accompany you, but find your own path—and trust it."

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Mark your calendars!

WSR V24 contributor and Hamline alumnus Gen del Raye will be reading from his new work,🌟boundless deep & other stories,🌟in conversation with Hamline faculty Sun Yung Shin.

Saturday Sept. 16
7 PM
Eat My Words Bookstore
214 13th Ave NE Minneapolis, MN

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Learn more on Minneapolis Photo Center's website: https://t.co/UdnrWwtksj

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Celebrate the opening party of PUSHED, hosted by @MplsPhotoCtr. PUSHED is a photographic novel by Brian Garrity, which includes the work of Hamline CWP alumnus 🌟@SuzanneStensonOBrien🌟.

When: Friday Sept. 8
6:30 PM
Where: 1400 Van Buren St. NE
Minneapolis, MN

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Meet Professor Angela Pelster-Wiebe!

We asked her what advice she would give to incoming CWP students:
📚Read (and write) widely and wildly across all the genres--don't just stick with the one you love!

You can also find her work in @kenyonreview, @GrantaMag, and more!

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Join us tonight with Mubanga Kalimamukwento @UtushimiTwandi as she reads from her books The Mourning Bird (@jacanamedia) and unmarked graves (Tusculum University Press).

Where: Black Garnet Books @blkgarnetbooks
1319 University Ave. W St. Paul
When: 6:30-8
#fiction #poetry

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"Try things that scare you. Take classes outside of your "genre." Shake up your world. Attend every reading. Go see a play. Take in a semi-professional wrestling match. Find your people. Make as many professional connections as you can."
-Professor Jessica Peterson

#writing

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✨Meet Professor John Brandon!

What is your favorite text to teach?
📚Taking Care by Joy Williams -- she has her own delightful, disorienting way of seeing the world, and getting to share in her vision is intoxicating.

Learn more: https://t.co/mXjFOCukRu

#creativewriting

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Don't miss🌟Mubanga Kalimamukwento's🌟reading Friday, August 25 at Black Garnet Books from 6:30 to 8 PM!

Reservations are required: https://t.co/UrSngti41x

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We asked Program Director Richard Pelster-Wiebe what advice he would give to CWP students:

"Take tons of classes outside the major that challenge you and change the way you think. It'll make you a better writer!"

Learn more at https://t.co/GBecHRrNxt

#filmmaking

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Our professors publish🌟amazing work.🌟Read Atlas, a book of poetry by recently-retired professor, Katrina Vandenberg, which includes the poem, "The Herbalist's Nightshade Song."

Order your copy here: https://t.co/43BNrOMYD0

#poetry #poems #writing #CreativeWriting

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It's Writing Prompt Wednesday—and one of the last ones of the season before classes start up on August 28! This time, we want character.

Take five minutes to write up some character descriptions and share them below.

#writing #writingprompts #poetry #nonfiction #fiction

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A new semester of classes starts at the end of this month! Take the next step in your career and register!

#education #writing #poetry #fiction #nonfiction

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We loved @LindaSuePark's speech on "Writing Outside Your Lane" so much that we asked her to come back and give it again! Thank you for beaming in today to talk about this.

#HamlineMFAC

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did you see this AMAZING cover for alum @KarunaRiazi's next middle grade?????

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Our reading with @sunyungshin and @chavonnwshen yesterday was a blast! Come get a SIGNED copy of The Wet Hex before we run out. Our bookseller Hank called it his favorite new collection of the year! @Coffee_House_
https://t.co/TVvaRruJAT
#weRecommendBooks #shopLocal #poetry