News from the School of IAS
Category: Creative Writing and Poetics
Natalie Singer-Velush Receives Honorable Mention from AWP鈥檚 Intro Journals Project
Natalie Singer-Velush (Creative Writing & Poetics, 2016) was named among the 2016 Winners of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Intro Journals Project, with an Honorable Mention for Creative Non-Fiction for her submission “There is But One Choice: Confession or Some Form of Extinction.” The Intro Journals Project is a literary competition for the discovery and publication of the best new works by students enrolled in AWP member programs, as nominated by the programs. Winning selections are published in participating journals, including Tampa Review, Colorado Review, and Iron Horse Literary Review, among others. The essay contains an excerpt from her memoir, California Calling, for which she is seeking a publisher.
October 19, 2016
Kelle Grace Gaddis publishes “My Myths” and thrives as a writer
MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics alum Kelle Grace Gaddis (’14) is thriving as a writer. Her first book My Myths, a poetry collection, was published by Yellow Chair Press in October 2016. Gaddis was also published by ...
October 19, 2016
Margaret Chiavetta publishes her first book and discusses why kids need more fictional characters with special needs
Margaret Chiavetta (MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics ’14) has published her first book, The Alchemist’s Theorem: Sir Duffy’s Promise, which is the first book in a planned five-part series. The series features a middle grade hero who registers on the autism spectrum. Recently ParentMap.com conducted an interview with Chiavetta to find out why kids need more fictional characters with special needs. In the interview Chiavetta says:
October 14, 2016
Amaranth Borsuk performs and speaks in New York and Colorado
IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk was recently in New York to take part in an event at legendary art nonprofit The Kitchen: "Electronic Literature Organization: We Have Always Been Digital." The afternoon of new media writing included established and emerging artists whose born-digital work spans apps, augmented reality, bots, generative poetry, live writing, video, and even work for the Amazon Echo. Hosted and curated by artist Illya Szilak, the event included Abraham Avnisan, John Cayley, David Clark, Caitlin Fisher, Ian Hatcher, Porpentine Charity Heartscape, Flourish Klink, Tan Lin, Nick Montfort, Kia Miakka Natisse, and Allison Parrish. Borsuk also ...
September 28, 2016
Natalie Singer-Velush selected as finalist for Autumn House Press nonfiction prize
MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics alum Natalie Singer-Velush (’16) has been chosen as a finalist for Autumn House Press’s nonfiction prize. Selected from more than 1,000 manuscript entries, her memoir, California Calling, traces Singer-Velulsh’s relocation from Canada to California at age sixteen and explores moments of being silenced before finding her voice. Her manuscript was largely written as she was completing her MFA program and seeking small press publishers. Singer-Velush was enticed by ...
August 15, 2016
Amaranth Borsuk exhibits student work in Discovery Hall
Visitors to Discovery Hall this summer can see chapbooks created by students in IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk's Spring 2016 "Advanced Interdisciplinary Arts workshop: Chapbooks and Artists' Books." The class asks what poets might learn from book artists about placing form and content in dialogue. Students learn a new binding each week, read a contemporary chapbook, and create one of their own. As a culmination to the quarter, each participant creates an editioned work to trade with their peers, and the class collaborates on a chapbook consisting of their strongest writing from the quarter.
July 25, 2016
micha c谩rdenas Featured in French Magazine MCD (Musiques & Cultures Digitales)
IAS faculty member micha c谩rdenas' work on gender in virtual reality is featured in an article in the latest issue of the French MCD Magazine: "MICHA C脕RDENAS: la question du genre dans la r茅alit茅 virtuelle" ("micha c谩rdenas: the question of gender in virtual reality").
July 5, 2016
Jeanne Heuving Publishes New Book: The Transmutation of Love and Avant-Garde Poetics
IAS faculty member Jeanne Heuving published a new book, The Transmutation of Love and Avant-Garde Poetics, in the Modern and Contemporary Poetics series, co-edited by Charles Bernstein and Hank Lazer, at the University of Alabama Press. The book examines ...
June 8, 2016
Local writers share at “MFA Careers and Writing Futures”
A panel of local writers met with MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics students and alumni to share their career trajectories and advice for the road. They discussed how their MFA degrees have enhanced their writing, ways they’ve sustained their practices creatively and financially, and what professional opportunities they see for emerging writers. Panelists included MFA alumni Margaret Chiavetta (’14) and Travis Sharp (’15), and Priscilla Long, and Sarah Mangold.
June 3, 2016
IAS Faculty Present Work at Annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference
IAS faculty members Amaranth Borsuk, Sarah Dowling, and micha c谩rdenas attended the annual AWP conference in Los Angeles this April, where they presented work on panels and took part in off-site readings. c谩rdenas presented on a panel "Necessary Hybridity: The Politics & Performance of Making Multigenre, Multimedia, Multiethnic Literature Visible." The panel addressed ...
May 17, 2016