Cambridge Common Writers exists to provide a supportive community for alumni, faculty, and friends of Lesley University’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We seek to promote new and diverse literary voices from the Lesley MFA community, and to connect alumni with opportunities to advance and sustain their writing careers after graduation.

Cambridge Common Writers End-of-Year Celebration and Gift Guide 2024

It’s a great joy, as the year comes to a close, to look back on all of the accomplishments of the Lesley MFA community from the past twelve months. The End-of Year Celebration and Gift Guide is becoming a great CCW tradition! Our community members have published books, won awards, […]

Publication News & Announcements: November 2024

Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) is interviewed on the podcast The High Life with Ricki Lake in an episode called “You Got a Divorce? Congrats!” Lyz discusses her book This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life. Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017) has a new […]

Behind the scenes at the TONIC—A conversation with Ọna Anosike

Ọna Anosike talks about her experience at Lesley University’s MFA program in creative writing, the many sources of inspiration for her fiction, and the work and passion that goes into setting up and running a literary journal. ỌNA ANOSIKE – FICTION, JANUARY 2016 Ọna Anosike is a fiction writer based in […]