UH Creative Writing Program

Intensive graduate program for creative writing & literary studies. ✍️We provide a community for students to flourish in their education & in the city. 📍

[UH Creative Writing Program @uhcwp]

Friday night! Don't miss it!!!

[Karisma Price @itsKayPrice]

Hey Houston! I'll be there this Friday reading in the @Gulf_Coast Reading Series. Come check out me, @kt_herr, @kativanovwrites, and @WeilJacob!

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Next Friday! Free and open to the public!

[AAEF Center for Arab Studies @ArabStudiesUH]

DEC 1: #AAEF Chair in Modern Arab History @AbedTakriti Farewell Lecture "The War on #Palestine & the Politics of History"

🗓️ 12/1/23
⏰ 5:45PM
📍 Conrad Ballroom, Hilton UH
📣Free & open to public!

Supported by #NEHCullen Chair in History & Business, #AAEF Ajouz Professor of Arab Studies, #NEHCullen Chair in History & Medicine, @UHHistory & @UHEnglishDept. Cosponsored by @CulturalUH & the #ProjectOnRaceAndCapitalism.

[UH Creative Writing Program @uhcwp]

Tomorrow night!

[Poison Pen @PoisonpenTexas]

Poison Pen this Thursday, 10/26.
Come through!
Things kick off at 8:30(ish).

This month's readers:

Katerina Ivanov Prado
Rick Barot
Michael Dumanis

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Huge congratulations to our new director, Kevin Prufer, on the publication of The Fears, his latest collection of poems!! 🥳🥳🥳 get it today from @CopperCanyonPrs!!

[Kevin Prufer @Prufer_Kevin]

Happy publication day to The Fears! @CopperCanyonPrs

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Our creative writers aren't just exceptional on the page; they also change lives in the classroom every day. 🥳👏🤓😎

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This Thursday 9/28!! UHCWP fiction MFA Madeleine Gaudin graces the mic alongside Chankrisna Tea and Amanda Ortiz! In the Poison Girl back patio at 8:30 PM!

[Poison Pen @PoisonpenTexas]

Poison Pen this Thursday, 9/28. Come through!

Things kick off at 8:30(ish).

This month's readers:

Madeleine Gaudin
Amanda Ortiz
Chankrisna Tea

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This Friday 9/22!! Gulf Coast Reading Series ft. UHCWP phenoms @Sarakcunning, @WillSeelen, and @danielkwrites 🥳🥳

[Gulf Coast Journal @Gulf_Coast]

The Gulf Coast Reading Series is back! 🎉

Friday September 22nd at 7pm we will be joined by acclaimed Italian poet and novelist Andrea Bajani and UHCWP student readers Sara Kaplan Cunningham, Will Seelen, & Dan Kennedy.

More info at the link below ⬇️

https://t.co/t3BkrePWH0

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Huge huge congrats to UHCWP alum Aris Kian Brown @rosewaterframes on being named the next Poet Laureate of Houston!!

[Houston Arts Journal @HouArtsJournal]

Poet and @uhcwp alum Aris Kian Brown has been appointed the 6th - and youngest - Houston Poet Laureate. Learn more about her role + read her poem "Oh, Lola's" below. @rosewaterframes @houston_moca @houstonlibrary
https://t.co/opj5JIhAoE

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Our new CWP Spotlight is live!! Take a peek to see what some of our UHCWPers got up to at #AWP23 in Seattle!

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Tonight and tomorrow night!! Check out this immersive performance from UHCWP faculty @_nick_flynn_ !!

[nick flynn @_nick_flynn_]

HOW IS IT WE HAVE WALKED THROUGH FIRES & yet are not consumed …our immersive performance of william blake’s masterpiece begins tonight @SawyerYardsHTX come any time 6:30-8:30 to be led through THE NINE DREAMS @TheTankNYC @mitchellcenter @uhcwp @DritaKabashi pictured

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More good news!! Current UHCWP PhD Kelan Nee has been named a 2023 Djanikian Scholar! 🥳

[The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal]

We are so thrilled to announce the 2023 Djanikian and Veasna So Scholars! 🎊

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Huge congratulations to UHCWP alum @nbeerpoet on being named a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow!! 🥳

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Head over to our IG this week to check out our next "Why UH?" feature, Anthony Sutton @gothgoof!!

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Congrats to all of this years winners!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[Ron Restrepo @Drhr90]

And the @uhcwp winners of @InprintHouston prizes at @MenilCollection 👇

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Stay tuned!! Our next "Why UH?" feature is coming soon on Insta! This time featuring first year poetry PhD @gothgoof!! 🥳🥳🥳

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Tomorrow!! 4-5 PM at the Menil!!

[Inprint @InprintHouston]

We'll be hosting a reading with the top emerging writers at @uhcwp & @RiceUniversity from 4 - 5 pm, we hope to see you there!

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We're psyched too!! Can't wait to see Dana Levin read alongside UHCWP alum Christopher B. Murray!!

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Come hear our UHCWP Inprint Prize Winners read from their work!! This Saturday!

[Inprint @InprintHouston]

This spring, Inprint awarded 10 prizes ranging from $1,000 – $10,000 to students studying creative writing at @uhcwp and @RiceUniversity. Stop by the @MenilCollection’s Neighborhood Community Day this Saturday to help us celebrate their wonderful achievements! 🥂🥂🥂

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Tomorrow night, Tuesday March 28th!! The Canon Project presents AMA Codjoe in conversation with UHCWP faculty @francinejharris! Registration link is in our bio!!

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Next weekend! UHCWP alum @kaitlinrizzo and UH undergrad alum @RJamesTyrone read for @PublicPoetry !! This is a remote reading, so be sure to sign up. Don't miss it!

[PublicPoetry @PublicPoetry]

Next Saturday, April 1, join us ONLINE at 2pm CDT for our monthly reading series & open mic. Featuring @loyce_gayo, Ryan McMasters, Kaitlin Rizzo, @RJamesTyrone.
Register here: https://t.co/F1Xhq2L82a
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