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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 […]
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For this interview, we had the pleasure of talking with Thato Mwosa about the enriching experience of working with teens in her films, teaching students at the Lesley MFA in Creative Writing program as an alum, and using […]
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Check out the below video to watch the Cambridge Common Writers-hosted book launch for Jody Hobbs Hesler’s (Fiction, June 2017) short story collection, What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better. The grisly death of the hermit […]
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Greetings Writers, Some of you may have already heard about the recent and distressing changes at Lesley University—either through The Boston Globe, local news, or Lesley University President Janet Steinmayer’s updates. While the MFA in Creative Writing program […]
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Steven Cramer, Departures From Rilke, Arrowsmith Press, 2023. Review by Michael Mercurio In Departures From Rilke, Steven Cramer’s most recent collection of poems, we encounter a great contemporary poetic mind — a “lab geek,” to borrow from his version […]
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Check out the below video to watch the Cambridge Common Writers-hosted book launch for Nada Samih-Rotondo’s (Fiction, June 2012) debut memoir, All Water Has Perfect Memory. Life changed forever for six-year-old Nada following Iraq’s invasion of her birth country, […]
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In this conversation with Cassie M. Seinuk, one of our WSS alums who also went on to teach at the Lesley MFA in Creative Writing program, we learned several of her tricks of the trade, including using other […]
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A speculative fiction writer with a passion for liminal spaces and using fantastical elements to explore real-world issues, David Farrow shares the importance of “courting the muse,” giving back to the writing community, and adapting his Neverglades series […]
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Poetry alum Naomi Mulvihill chats with us about how her Lesley MFA mentors helped her learn not to hide what she didn’t know, exploring topics around education and craft, teaching poetry to young writers, and making time and […]