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.

Publication News & Announcements: August 2024

The swelter of August may be easing soon, but Lesley alums are maintaining a torrid pace of achievement! Check their out new publications, interviews, and more: Jasmine Warga’s (WFYP, June 2013) novel, A Rover’s Story, was highlighted by Publishers Weekly as one of the children’s books powering the STEM/STEAM engine. Her novel, A Strange […]

Publication News & Announcements: July 2024

Candice Iloh (WFYP, June 2017) is interviewed about writing, reading, and recent works in the “First Draft” column of The Republic. Hurley Winkler (Fiction, January 2017) is interviewed about “the magic of creative community” in The Honeycomb. Julie Cyr (Poetry, January 2017) has five (five!) poems in Vincent Brothers Review […]

On being “tenaciously resilient”—a conversation with Sabrina Fedel

Sabrina Fedel shares her experiences writing about other cultures and going from a small press to a big publishing house, and touches on some of the themes in her new YA novel, All Roads Lead to Rome, including teens navigating social media, substance abuse, and mental health. SABRINA FEDEL – […]