What makes bad words bad? What everyday words are rooted in naughtiness? Find out on APRIL 23rd when I interview the inimitable @jesszafarris at @porter_square_books in Boston. Be there or be an an a*sehole, wanker, sh*thead, [fill in the blank]!

#swearwordsarefun #bookevent

Alum Anu Nande (MA '19)'s debut children's book for Ladderworks is now available to pre-order in the US via the link below:
ladderworks.co/products/pre-o…

We are delighted to share that @emerson_wlp MFA student Adam Swanson ’25 has been invited as the inaugural Literary Arts Fellow at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Oregon. The center conducts workshops for reflection and creation at the intersection of art and ecology.

@emerson_vma Media Arts Production sophomore Nathan Calev wrote and directed the film “What Goes Around” which won Best Student Short at the Dallas Shorts Film Festival and received an Honorable Mention at the Los Angeles Film Awards last fall. Congratulations Nathan!

We are kicking off Spring with the next WLP Reading Series Event. Registration is free but required by April 1st: tinyurl.com/4r3u98vm

Join Assistant Professor Margot Douaihy on her Blessed Water Tour 2024, this weekend (March 22-24) at the Tennessee Williams Festival & Saints & Sinners, in New Orleans, LA.📚🤩

@emerson_wlp’s Scholar Series is back with lectures that transcend mainstream narratives. Presented in conjunction with @emersoncontemporary, the talks range from blurring the boundaries of written & visual mediums, to rethinking the ‘model minority’ narratives of Asian Americans

RSVP here by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Check out MFA Candidate Tariq Karibian's Poem, 'When Melons Turn to Blood Oranges'👏🙌

We are excited to invite SOA faculty and staff to the Spring 2024 assembly, ‘Creating Art at Emerson and Beyond: Using Emergent Technologies and Multimodality’.

The event will be at the Bill Bordy Theater, 2 pm on February 29. RSVP link in our bio!

Join @emerson_wlp Professor Mako Yoshikawa at her book launch events for her memoir, ‘Secrets of the Sun’! Full of memories, conversations, and emotions, it navigates her strained relationship with her father, who passed away a day before her wedding.

Join our panel at AWP Conference 2024 in Kansas City Convention Center:
🤩F232.
Emerson MFA at Forty: Celebrating Four Decades of Writing and Publishing🤩
Find out more here: awpwriter.org/awp_conference…

Alum Matt Gillick’s (MFA ‘21) Poem “Buda–” was published in Currant Jam’s 2024 Winter Solstice Issue in January 2024 and his short story “Aboard the S.S. Arabian Nights” was published by Twelve Winters Press Journal on January 14, 2024. Find out more here:
twelvewinters.com/gillick-aboard…

Alum Myles Taylor’s (BA ‘18) first full length Poetry Collection “Masculinity Parable” was published by Game Over Books   in December 2023. Find out more:
gameoverbooks.com/store/p/mascul…

Alum Melanie Hyo-In Han’s (MFA ‘21) new poetry collection “My Dear Yeast” was published by Milk and Cake Press this January 2024. Find out more here: milkandcakepress.com/product/my-dea…

Alum Matt Gillick's (MFA '21) was featured in Hidden Peak Press’s weekly spotlight with his story “Humpfrey Catskill: Undone'. Find out more here: hiddenpeakpress.com/2023/11/27/hum…

Affiliated Faculty Anna Burke Pre-order IN THE ROSES OF PIERIA's novel, 'In the Roses of Pieria,' was published with Bywater Books in August, 2023. Find out more here: bywaterbooks.com/product/in-the…

Affiliated Faculty Alysia Abbott’s film adaptation of 2013 memoir “Fairyland” showed at the Woodstock Film Festival in late September. She also executive-produced the film, which debuted at Sundance in January, 2023. Find out more here: imdb.com/title/tt206019…

Mark your calendars for @emerson_wlp’s Reading Series with novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest, Ruth Ozeki! This Thursday, join the Q&A at 4 pm in the Owens Multipurpose Room, followed by a public reading at 6 pm in the Bill Bordy Theater.

tinyurl.com/WLPNov30