News from the School of IAS
Category: Creative Writing and Poetics
Kaia Solvig Preus Wins the 2018 Essay Press MFA Book Contest
The War Requiem blends memoir, research, and historical fiction, in order to explore Benjamin Britten’s dynamic piece of choral and orchestral music, the War Requiem, Op.66. Selected by Rebecca Brown for the 2018 Essay Press | UW Bothell MFA Book Contest.
November 29, 2022
Alysa Levi-D’Ancona (MFA ’23) Publishes work in Occulum Journal
Issue 13 of Occulum, an online journal of "prose, poetry, and other peculiarities," features the poem "molasses traps" by second-year MFA student Alysa Levi-D’Ancona (she/her).
November 22, 2022
MFA Alum Nicole McCarthy reads at Gig Harbor Poetry Festival
On October 9th 2022, MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics alum Nicole McCarthy (MFA 2017) was the keynote speaker for the Greater Gig Harbor Poetry Festival where she red from her new book, The Summoning.
October 17, 2022
Amaranth Borsuk’s work featured in The MIT Press Reader
An excerpt from Borsuk's _The Book_ appeared this week on The MIT Press Reader, a website devoted to accessible scholarship drawn from the Press's expansive catalog.
September 21, 2022
The Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality
University of Washington Bothell professor and economics expert, S. Charusheela was the featured guest at the annual Mirror Stage Activism Brunch in North Seattle this past weekend.
September 15, 2022
Amaranth Borsuk Participates in Roundtable on Visual Poetry and Poetics
This past spring, IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk and her collaborator Terri Witek took part in a roundtable conversation of poets and book artists convened by writer Amanda Earl to discuss their poetics.
August 29, 2022
Amaranth Borsuk Serves on AWP 2023 Subcommittee
MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics director Amaranth Borsuk was a member of this year's Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference subcommittee.
August 16, 2022
MFA Alum Nicole McCarthy publishes her first book, A Summoning
Nicole McCarthy's (MFA 2017) first book, A Summoning, has just been published by Heavy Feather Review.
August 16, 2022
Ching-In Chen selected as Hugo House Poet-In-Residence
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen has been selected as the 2022-23 Writer in Residence in Poetry.
August 1, 2022
Essay Press/UW Bothell MFA Announces Winners of 2021 Book Contest
Essay Press and the UWB MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics are excited to announce the 2021 winners of their collaborative book contest: Jade Lascelles and Sarah Rose Nordgren.
July 19, 2022