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.
Mckensi Scy Pascall (WSS, June 2024) has been selected as the Playwright-in-Residence for the National Black Theatre. Mckensi is currently a Playwriting Teaching Artist for Public Works at The Public Theater and a 2026 Edward F Albee Foundation Writing Fellow/Artist-in-Residence. Celeste Mohammed (Fiction, June 2016) discusses the launch of her new […]
Amy Grier, writer, singer, and pianist, discusses how writing helps connect her with her voice. AMY GRIER – NONFICTION, JANUARY 2017 Amy Grier earned her MFA at Lesley University. A singer and classically trained pianist, she has taught music and English in the U.S. and Japan. Amy has a master’s […]
Nathan Tavares’s (Fiction, June 2011) article, “Are huge ice cream scoops a uniquely New England thing?” has been published on Boston.com. Andrea Wang (WFYP, June 2011) has joined Hamline University’s faculty in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program. Robbie Gamble’s (Poetry/Nonfiction, January 2017/June 2020) poem “The […]
April 1, 2027
Harvard Square Editions
April 2027
Lily Poetry Review
March 16, 2027
Dial Books
February 9, 2027
Charlesbridge
January 5, 2027
St. Martin’s Publishing Group
December 8, 2026
Köehler Books
November 17, 2026
Wesleyan University Press
October 20, 2026
Amulet Books
October 13, 2026
Candlewick
October 13, 2026
Delacorte Romance