Congrats to Andrew Bertaina--a fantastic writer, friend, and our George Mason Creative Writing visiting author in nonfiction this fall--on his debut essay collection, The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place, available now from the good people at Autofocus!

fun fact, you can now read the first two chapters of COMPOUND FRACTURE - my YA thriller about an autistic trans boy and his queer, disabled Appalachian community taking down a corrupt sheriff - a whole three months early ✨

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I’m excited to announce that my debut poetry collection is officially forthcoming!

March 2025 with ELJ Editions

“Bone Valley Hymnal” is a deeply personal and special collection centered on themes on lineage, religion, and gender and I am so excited to share it with y’all

Very excited to reveal the cover of our upcoming Issue 53.2. Cover art by Katy Stewart and designed by our own Layout and Design Editor Bri Chapman.

Our website has a new look! Go check it out: creativewriting.gmu.edu

TOMORROW!! If you've ever wanted to go abroad to live and learn from different countries and cultures, the Fulbright could be for you! Open to Undergrad and Grad students. Connect with us to learn more!
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THIS THURSDAY: Poet James Allen Hall wraps up the Spring 2024 Visiting Writers Series! Come out for a reading and a conversation on Thursday, April 18th at 7:30 in the Fenwick Library Reading Room. More information here! creativewriting.gmu.edu/articles/19797

We are excited to host George Mason Creative Writing alum Just Big REE this week Ithaca College. He is the author of the story collection, The World Doesn’t Require You (Norton/Liveright, August 2019), a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award & winner of the 2020 Towson Prize for Literature

We’re reading Kyoko Mori’s latest memoir #CATANDBIRD in my Ithaca College Creative Nonfiction course this week. It’s anchored around Mori's relationship with the six house cats who defined the major eras of her life. George Mason Creative Writing

If you've ever wanted to go abroad to live and learn from different countries and cultures, the Fulbright could be for you! Start working application materials to prepare for application opening in April! Connect with us to learn more!

Busy Week for the The Alan Cheuse International Writers Center Come out on Tue after work for a beautiful moving program of poetry!

Congratulations to MFA professor Helon Habila! He has been granted a lifetime achievement award by the Kaduna Books and Arts Festival! Read more here: creativewriting.gmu.edu/articles/20568

Excited to host one of Latin America's greatest living poets #RaúlZurita and his translator #AnnaDeeny in conversation with Vivek Narayanan GMU English George Mason Creative Writing George Mason University @GMULaps #MCL . Reception to follow Leeya Mehta

Come out to Kramers in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, April 9 for a reading and conversation with MFA professor Kyoko Mori and author Mako Yoshikawa! More details here: eventbrite.com/e/authors-talk…

Check out this feature with MFA alum Emily Tuszynka!

Need something to read? Check out this poem from MFA alum Elisabeth Murawski in The Wild Umbrella journal: thewildumbrella.com/post/little-po…