UOregon Creative Writing

The Creative Writing Program at the University of Oregon: MFA, Undergrad Minor, and the Kidd Workshops

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Come join us at 4:30pm this Wednesday at the Knight Browsing Room to hear poet Michelle Peñaloza, author of All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems, winner of the 2024 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award and the James Laughlin Award!

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We are so excited for MFA grad Mariah Rigg’s short-story collection, EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD (out from Ecco in 2025)! Here is a lovely interview with her (and cover reveal):

https://t.co/8MshPge8Fi

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Mark your calendars for 2 pm this Saturday, November 23 to meet award-winning creators Mat Johnson and Steve Lieber at Books With Pictures Eugene (2nd Floor of 5th Street Public Market, across the courtyard from Elephant's Trunk).

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Join us for a fiction reading with Prof. Jason Brown on Nov 14th at 7:00 pm, J Michaels Books (160 East Broadway, Eugene). Free and open to the public! More info: https://t.co/KcZilG0o0a.

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Join us for a poetry reading with Thea Matthews, Oct 23rd at 4:30 pm, Knight Library Browsing Room. Free and open to the public. More info: https://t.co/KcZilG0o0a 📚✨

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Congrats to UO MFA grad Michelle Peñaloza for winning the James Laughlin Award for her book "All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems"! Tap the link for more info. https://t.co/7Wj89FGfWc

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The Creative Writing Program announces the 2024-25 Reading Series. Please join us for a poetry reading with Thea Matthews Wed, Oct 23 at 4:30 pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Free & open to the public. Details: https://t.co/KcZilFZQaC

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Poet Matthew Dickman (and this year’s Visiting Professor in Poetry) will be reading next Wednesday, October 4th at 4:30 p.m. in the Knight Library Browsing Room (room 106). Dickman is a proud alum of @uoregon, where he was part of the @KiddWorkshopsUO. https://t.co/0gqbAKGiEu

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#DucksGive is today! Go here to learn how you can support the UO Creative Writing Program and its students. https://t.co/FhheVxrgFp

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Tomorrow is "Ducks Give" day. This is your chance to help support the arts at UO!
https://t.co/FhheVxrgFp

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We're very excited to host award-winning and bestselling fiction writer (and author of the highly anticipated new novel Chain-Gang All-Stars) Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah for a reading on Thursday, 4/27, 7pm (in the UO's Knight Library Browsing Room.) Join us! @NK_Adjei

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We're thrilled to host poet Kate Daniels for a reading this Thursday, 4/13, at 7pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Join us! And watch her UO Today interview here: https://t.co/fsImHeBIiW

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The Eagle Has Landed!!!

Wishing a Merry #AWP23 to All Past, Present, and Future Ducks!

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Join us tomorrow for a reading with the celebrated and prolific @thomasbeller ! Award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction, including The Sleep-Over Artist, J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist & more. 2/22, 4:30pm, Knight Library Browsing Room. @mat_johnson @drunkinsunlight

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Please join us for @OregonMFA and @kiddworkshopsUO alums Jayme Ringleb and Alycia Pirmohamed poetry reading on January 18 at 4:30 in the Knight Library Browsing Room. We are very proud of our @uoregon grads!

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In January, I’ll be visiting family/friends and launching my debut collection in Canada and the US! 🌊

I have readings planned in 6 cities including my hometown and at UO, my alma mater. And, I’ll be reading with many good friends 🤍

Info below and at https://t.co/ztShjSoHhc

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We are absolutely thrilled to host two accomplished poets (and UO MFA alumni!!) for the next event in our reading series. Wednesday, 1/18: Jayme Ringleb and Alycia Pirmohamed. 4:30pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Join us! @JaymeRingleb @mat_johnson @drunkinsunlight

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An insider's guide to the MFA application process at @OregonMFA from fiction faculty member, Mat Johnson.

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Wednesday, 11/2: We're thrilled to host poet Betsy Bonner, author of ROUND LAKE and THE BOOK OF ATLANTIS BLACK, a memoir that was an NPR "Best Book" of 2020. Join us! (4:30pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room)

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Next Week: Come see our very own Professor Mat Johnson read from his ingenious new novel, INVISIBLE THINGS. 10/19, 4:30, Knight Library Browsing Room. "A biting satire of American politics and class issues--from the vantage point of outer space." -Washington Post @mat_johnson