New post on our program's Word Cafe blog by current MFA student Nathaniel Foster, former LAPD officer and forensics teacher to middle school children this past summer at Northwestern University!

"Should Goldilocks Be Arrested?"

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MFA fiction alumnus Patricia Crisafulli shares her thoughts on the experience of writing her recently published novel, THE SECRETS OF THE OLD POST CEMETERY, the third in a series. Her post is up now on our program blog, WORD CAFE ✒️ @northwesternsps.bsky.social

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New post up on our Word Cafe site by Northwestern School of Professional Studies MFA student Kevin McEvoy about his favorite indie bookstore - the @strandbookstore.bsky.social in NYC!

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Join us tomorrow, Tu, 8/19, 6 PM, (doors: 5:30 PM), 500 Main St., Evanston, IL for a faculty & graduate reading, cohosted by @bookedevanston.bsky.social & Brothers K Coffee!

Readers: Betsy Haberl, Alexandria Haynes, Jared Spitz, Ryan Rivera, Faisal Mohyuddin billy lombardo @loriraderday.bsky.social

Join us for an online Summer Writers Conference (@nusummerwriters.bsky.social) on Sat, Aug. 2!
Faculty incl: @fulmerford.com, @loriraderday.bsky.social, billy lombardo, Gioia Diliberto, Donna Seaman, Paula Carter, & Christine Sneed
More info & registration here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...

Join us on Aug 19 in Evanston, IL for a faculty & alumni reading, cohosted by @bookedevanston.bsky.social (venue is Brothers K cafe, 500 Main St.) Alumni: @betsyhaberl.bsky.social, Alexandria Haynes, Jared Spitz, Ryan Rivera, & faculty: Faisal Mohyuddin, Billy Lombardo, @loriraderday.bsky.social! ✒️

Congratulations to MFA fiction alumnus @ignatius2u.bsky.social who was named one of Newcity's LIT 50!

The list isn't yet online, but it's in a Newcity print version if you're in the Chicago area. (Print subscriptions are also available for mailing). lit.newcity.com

Congrats to MFA alumnus @arammrjoian.bsky.social whose debut novel WATERLINE will be published Tue 6/3! He & fellow MFA alumnus @jbohnsack.bsky.social will be in conversation on Th. 6/5 at the Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago 7 PM!

More info here:
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Congratulations to fiction MFA student Jared Spitz who recently received @storystudiochicago.bsky.social Stories Matter Foundation Award!

Photos here from the awards ceremony on Thursday, May 1!

#writers #amwriting #stories #writingcommunity #creativewriting #MFAinwriting #storiesmatter

Congratulations to MFA fiction alumni @rapscallison.bsky.social & @alexhigley.bsky.social and to current MFA nonfiction student Nicole Schnitzler, who each have new books in the world!