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Posted in Alumni Interviews, Writer Updates on Oct 16th, 2013
As part of our ongoing alumni interview series, Dev Varma ’15 interviews Shannon Doyne ’00 about her Notre Dame education, her various educational projects, and the writing life. Check out all the insight Shannon has to offer: So let’s start with the basics. Where are you living now, and what do you do for a living? […]
Posted in Alumni Interviews, Writer Updates on Sep 30th, 2013
As part of our alumni interview installment, we chatted with Notre Dame alum, Tom Coyne (1999) about his latest projects, golf, advice for students, and other exciting news in his life. Here’s what he had to say. Briefly describe your most recent project. I have a few new projects in the works. I recently placed an essay […]
Posted in Alumni Interviews, Writer Updates on May 13th, 2013
Welcome back to our series of interviews with Alumni! This edition features our dear Renee D’Aoust (’06) (with special appearance by her dachshund Tootsie). Renee came to visit us in February 2013 and read from her memoir Body of a Dancer and shared some of her life and advice with our grad students, but now […]
Posted in Alumni Interviews, Writer Updates on Apr 30th, 2013
In our second installment of our interview series catching up with Notre Dame Creative Writing Program alums, Marcela Sulak (’92) gives us the skinny on her inspirations, advice for young writers, and her latest projects. Let’s see what she had to say! Why did you want to become a writer? Briefly describe how you became one. […]
Posted in Writer Updates on Apr 26th, 2013
Dearest Friends and Relations, I am tickled to announce that The Powers, the first novel to feature Dorothy Day, Joe DiMaggio, and Walker Evans in close proximity, is now available between covers. I am almost as tickled to announce my own debut as shameless self-promoter on YouTube at: http://youtu.be/BX2XkHp0l80 I would be forever grateful if you […]
Posted in Alumni Interviews, Writer Updates on Apr 15th, 2013
The first victim in our series of interviews with Creative Writing Program Alumni, Tony D’Souza (’00) answers our questions about becoming a writer, the writing process, and the realities of life as a writer. Why did you want to become a writer? Briefly describe how you became one. I’m mid-career as a writer and can hardly […]
Posted in Writer Updates on Nov 19th, 2012
Dear friends and family, I’m pleased to announce my little chapbook of 19 poems, which is being brought out by Finishing Line Press in Louisville, Kentucky. Joe kindly provided the cover photograph. These poems look at animals, weather, and other aspects of the natural world. From the amusing to the sad, from the beautiful to […]
Posted in Writer Updates on Jul 9th, 2012
Stephanie Guerra teaches classes in writing and children’s and adolescent literature at Seattle University. She also teaches creative writing at King County Jail, and is building a fiction and memoir-writing program at the King County Juvenile Detention Center. Stephanie’s writing career began in high school, when she was a regular columnist for SCOPE Magazine (Now […]
Posted in Writer Updates on Mar 22nd, 2012
MFA student Betsy Cornwell will be on the second hour of NPR’s “On Point” tomorrow, Friday, March 23, talking about The Hunger Games and young adult & dystopian literature with author and critic Lev Grossman. The show will be available as a podcast on http://onpoint.wbur.org/ and live 11-12 EST.
Posted in Events, Readings, Writer Updates on Feb 1st, 2012
We present a chart of the who, what, when, and where for the upcoming national conference of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs coming to Chicago Feb 29-Mar 3. Come and hear, see, and meet us! AWP 2012