Vol. 12 No. 2
September 2007

Crash, script in common

Discussion Boards

Online Chats

Cross-genre Activity for Fall

More Fall Guests

Buddy Guy Concert

Items to Bring to Residency

Reception for Study Abroad

Screenwriters View Thelma and Louise

Meals and Graduating Students

AWP Conference 2008

Alumni News

Absentee Ballot for Fall 2007

Apply for Passport Now

Because You Asked

High Horse, Faculty Anthology

Life of a Writer

     Students

     Faculty and Staff

    Alumni

Faculty Advisory Committe Spring 07

Pre-reading for Fall 07

Classifieds

Reminders and Notes

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Screenplay in Common for Fall 2007 is Crash

The Spalding MFA in Writing Program is pleased to announce that the Screenwriting Script n Common for the Fall 2007 residency is Crash.

This script in common is presented in addition to the Playwriting Script in Common: Heather Raffo’s 9 Parts of Desire: A Play. All students and faculty read both scripts and also arrange their own viewing of Crash before coming to the fall residency.

We welcome screenwriter Bobby Moresco to the Fall 2007 residency to discuss his 2006 Oscar-winning screenplay, which he co-wrote with Paul Haggis. In addition to winning for Best Original Screenplay, Crash won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Achievement in Editing in 2006. Crash also received WGA, Bafta, and Critic’s Choice awards.
Moresco discusses the screenplay and film at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 3, in the Gallery (16th floor) at the Brown Hotel. This presentation is open to the community as well as to MFA students and faculty. The next morning, MFA students and faculty attend a closed hour-long Q&A session with Moresco.

In addition to co-writing Crash, Moresco helped produce the film. The drama, directed by Paul Haggis and starring an ensemble cast including Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillipe, Thandie Newton, and Ludacris, was released by Lions Gate Films.

Moresco has written, produced, and directed more than 35 theatrical productions. He co-created the NBC television series, The Black Donnellys, loosely based on characters from the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City where Moresco was born and raised. In 2006, Moresco released his directorial debut, 10th & Wolf, a coming-of-age gangster drama set in the 1980s. 10th & Wolf stars James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Piper Parabo, Brad Renfro, Lesley Ann Warren, Brian Dennehey, and Val Kilmer. Throughout the 1990s, Moresco focused much of his time creating, writing, and producing television projects including Millennium, which earned him a Genesis Award; and “EZ Streets,” which he wrote and co-produced, and which won the “Viewers for Quality Television Award” for best program of the year. In 1998, he co-created and executive produced the critically acclaimed series “Falcone,” based on the movie Donnie Brasco. The series was nominated for two Emmy Awards.

Moresco’s other projects include Million Dollar Baby, the 2005 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, which he co-produced and developed with Paul Haggis. His films Heat for Walden Media and Rule of Nines are presently in development. Moresco has several other projects in post-production, production, or pre-production.

The script for Crash is posted on Blackboard under Residency/Fall Residency 2007 for all students and faculty to download and read. All students and faculty also watch Crash before coming to residency. (top)

Discussion Boards on Blackboard
MFA students and faculty who have not yet participated in the discussion boards featured on Blackboard should take the time to explore this feature. Discussion boards are a useful way to keep in touch with one another while studying at home, and students and faculty can find answers to questions and concerns on this site. To date, the New Student Discussion Board has been used with good results for incoming ENG610 students. A second board features questions and answers for graduating students. Any student or faculty can begin a discussion board at any time in Blackboard.

MFA Student Online Chats
This summer, the MFA Office organized several online student chat sessions. Chats have included informational sessions led by Kathleen Driskell as well as focused discussions for groups of new students, graduating students, and summer students. If students missed the opportunity to join a session, some chats were recorded and can be viewed on the Collaboration Chat Room pages in Blackboard. Anyone with ideas about topics for future chats should contact Kathleen Driskell.

The MFA Program plans to offer online chats throughout each semester, so students who haven’t already participated should take the time in the near future to investigate the chat room sites in Blackboard. Often, it is necessary for students to download Java and other software before they can participate in a chat. Students should download necessary software beforehand so they’ll be ready to jump into the chat immediately. A list of software and hardware requirements for Blackboard can be found under Forms and Documents in the MFA in Writing Program Course.(top)

Cross-Genre Activity for Fall 2007 Residency: Improv
Spontaneity, collaboration, and the element of surprise all fuel the creative spark. For this residency’s playwriting/screenwriting cross-genre event, the Louisville Improvisers theatre group explains and demonstrates the art of improvisation. Expect a few literary references to appear in the mix! After this performance, students have the opportunity to see improvisations on their own work, as performed by fellow students in a small-group setting. Seeing one’s own writing briefly transformed in this way may deliver fresh insights and new energy to writers in every genre. (top)

More Fall 2007 Residency Guests
Each residency the MFA Program is pleased to include several guest lecturers. In addition to the guests announced in the August newsletter, the following speakers are featured in November.

Kate Gale is to present a publishing session for fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and writing for children. Kate is the managing editor of Red Hen Press, editor of The Los Angeles Review, and president of the American Composers Forum, LA. She is the 2005-2006 President of PEN USA. She is author of five books of poetry (her most recent is Mating Season, Tupelo Press) and Rio de Sangre, a libretto for an opera with composer Don Davis. Her current projects include a co-written libretto, Paradises Lost, with Ursula K. LeGuin and composer Stephen Taylor, and a libretto adapted from Kindred by Octavia Butler with composer Billy Childs.

Susan Moore presents a lecture for writing for children. Susan is the Manager of Children’s & Young Adult Services for the Louisville Free Public Library since 1998. She was selected by the American Library Association for the Emerging Leaders in 1997 to participate in a select nationwide leadership initiative. In addition to advocating and implementing library service to young adults beginning in 2000, she has developed or participated in ongoing partnerships to provide wider access to reading and lifelong learning with organizations such as the Speed Art Museum, Kentucky Center for the Arts, The Kentucky Institute for Family Literacy, and communitywide initiatives such as Success by Six. She served on the American Library Association’s 2001 Newbery Committee and the 1997-1999 Notable Films for Children Committee. She has served as a volunteer reviewer for School Library Journal. She also serves as adjunct faculty for University of Kentucky and has taught graduate courses including, Young Adult Literature, Creative Programs for Youth, and Public Libraries.(top)

Fall 2007 MFAers to Attend Concert by Buddy Guy
Grammy Award-winning blues guitarist Buddy Guy headlines a concert to be attended by MFA students and faculty as one of the program’s interrelatedness-of-the-arts events. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. Friday, November 9, at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. Guy, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, is known for his raw vocals and blistering guitar. Rock, soul, and blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland opens for Guy. (top)

Items to Bring to Residency
All students attending the Fall 2007 residency read the assigned scripts/texts for residency (Workshop Booklets, scripts/books in common, etc.), and students (except for graduating students) should further prepare by giving serious thought to their Fall 2007 Student Semester Study Plans.
Before residency, students download the “Introducing Yourself to Your New Mentor” form from Blackboard under Residency/Fall Residency 2007 in preparation for completing it and bringing it to residency. While students remain flexible and open to mentor suggestions for reading lists for the semester study plan, the Program strongly suggests that students put together a list of titles to consider for the reading list for next semester.

In addition, returning students bring two copies of their cumulative bibliography for the group and individual conferences. For a further discussion of what to bring to the residency, see the MFA Student Handbook, page 65. (top)

Reception for Students Interested in Study Abroad
Students interested in attending a summer residency abroad or participating in a summer semester are invited to a reception at 6 p.m. Tuesday, November 6, at the Brown Hotel. Students who attended the Paris residency this summer will be available to discuss the experience. Upcoming summer residencies are scheduled for London/Bath (2008), Barcelona (2009), Buenos Aires (2010), Northern Italy (2011), and Paris (2012).

Screenwriting Film for Residency
The film Thelma and Louise is to be screened during the Fall 2007 residency, and at a later session, the screenwriting faculty leads a discussion about the film. Both sessions are plenary for screenwriting students, who should obtain and read the script for Thelma and Louise before the residency to take part fully in the viewing and discussion. The script is posted on Blackboard under Residency/Fall Residency 2007/Residency Documents. (top)

Change in Meals for Graduating Students
Graduating students often comment that they do not get to know the new students as well as they would like. At the Fall 2007 residency, for the first time, graduating students are seated at tables with returning and new students and faculty members. This arrangement gives graduating students the opportunity to talk about and invite students to attend graduation lectures and readings and to help faculty members answer questions from new students.

On Thursday of residency, graduating students have a private room at the Program’s mixer dinner at the Brown Hotel. (top)

AWP Conference 2008
The annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference takes place January 30 through February 2, 2008, in New York. The MFA Program pays registration for students and faculty members. Student registration normally costs $40; faculty registration is normally $140. Please contact Katy Yocom at kyocom@spalding.edu by November 1 if you would like to take advantage of free registration. Attendees are responsible for their own travel, hotel, and other expenses. For an overview of the 2008 conference, check out the AWP Website at http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2008awpconf.php

Alumni News
By October 1, the MFA Office will notify alumni regarding the ability to access Blackboard, the MFA’s information dissemination tool. Through Blackboard, alumni can re-establish discussion boards that were previously housed at Spalding and join discussion boards with current students. Blackboard also has chat capabilities. Through Blackboard, alumni can stay current with MFA announcements.

The Program is pleased to offer this service to alumni because recently email communications have become more difficult as Internet service providers tighten their spam control measures. Through Blackboard, MFAers can exchange email or use Messages (an inter-Blackboard message system) that eliminates the possibility that email might fail. (top)

Voting by Absentee Ballot
This fall’s residency takes place over Election Day, Tuesday, November 6. Students and faculty members who live outside Jefferson County, Kentucky, should check with their county Board of Elections for instructions on how to vote in absentia. Depending on the laws in each state, absentee voters may qualify for absentee ballots, OR they may be required to vote early, which means casting a ballot at their polling place before leaving town.

Jefferson County residents do not qualify for absentee ballot but may vote early at the main election office, 810 Barret Ave., any time between now and the Monday before Election Day. Voting hours are weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Those waiting to vote until Election Day may do so before workshop begins or over the lunch break. (top)

Apply Now for U.S. Passport for Summer 2008 Travel
The American Society of Travel Agents recommends that anyone planning to travel abroad in 2008 apply for a passport now. A serious backlog developed this year due to new passport requirements, and the backlog is expected to continue. Students, alumni, and faculty who are planning (or even contemplating) travel to the U.K. for the Summer 2008 residency should apply for their passports as soon as possible. (top)

Because You Asked
Q: Can I bring a guest to residency meals or curriculum sessions?
A: Graduating students may bring guests, at a cost of $40 per guest, to the Farewell Dinner. Students may also bring guests to residency events designated as “open to the public,” including all readings by students and faculty, as well as designated featured-author presentations.
All other residency meals, including buffets, are closed to the public, as are workshops, lectures, panel discussions, and other curriculum sessions. The Q&A session typically held the morning after a public featured-author presentation is also reserved for MFA students.

This policy has been in place since the inception of the MFA Program. Residency meals are an important opportutnity for students and faculty to network with each other. Since the cost of group meals is included in students’ tuition, the Program reserves those meals for currently enrolled MFA students, faculty members, and staff. The same logic applies for curriculum events. The Program requests students abide by this policy, which is designed to ensure fairness to all. (top)

Life of a Writer

Students, faculty, and alumni: Please email writing news to mfanewsletter@spalding.edu

Students

Sheldon Lee Compton’s short story, “Place of Birth,” was recently accepted by New Southerner. It will appear in the publication’s 2008 summer anthology.

Lydia Griffin’s new historical fiction picture book, Prunes and Rupe, is to be released nationally in October 2007 from Filter Press, a Colorado-based publishing house that specializes in Western titles.

Beth Newberry joined the staff of Word Farm Press as Nonfiction Editor in July. Word Farm is a small, independent press based in the Chicago area, which publishes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Check it out at www.wordfarm.net for information and guidelines for submitting queries. Other Spalding graduates connected with the press include Marci Johnson (Spring 2005), Poetry Editor, and Erin Keane (Spring 2004) whose first poetry collection, The Gravity Soundtrack, is due out in October.

Cristina Trapani-Scott read poems in June and August at Writers Reading at Sweetwaters in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She also has a poem titled “Extending the Circle of Compassion” that will appear in the forthcoming issue of Homefront Magazine. She interviewed poet Kawita Kandpal for a feature article on the release of her first collection of poems, called Folding a River.

Matt Urmy’s first book of poems, Ghosts in a House, is now available to pre-order online with no shipping charges. The book can be found at www.finishinglinepress.com. To find the book, click on “new releases” then scroll down the page. (top)

Faculty & Staff

Ellie Bryant’s adult fiction manuscript Chantal was one of four finalists for the 2007 Gival Press Novel Award. The story is about a woman who struggles to come to grips with her loss after her teenage son disappears, having been seduced by the heroic idealism of Islam.

Robin Lippincott’s short story “A Hard Rain,” which he read from at residency a few moons ago, has been accepted by American Short Fiction and will be published in their spring issue. Robin also recently did a “quickie interview” with Ploughshares for their blog, which can be found on their website. He is to read at the following venues to promote his new novel, In the Meantime, and would love to see any Spalding folks who live in the area: 6 p.m., Tuesday, October 16, Cambridge, Humanities Library, MA-M.I.T.; 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 26, Barnes and Noble in the Village (396 Ave of the Americas at 8th Street, New York City); 8 p.m., Wednesday, October 31, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Sunday, November 4, Spalding MFA Program, Louisville; Saturday, November 10, Kentucky Book Fair, Frankfort, Kentucky; Sunday, November 11, Carpe Librum Booksellers, Knoxville, Tennessee; Sunday, November 25, Voltaire Bookstore, Key West, Florida; Wednesday, November 28, Books & Books, Coral Gables/Miami, Florida; November 30, Barnes and Noble (Sand Lake Road), Orlando, Florida.

Sena Jeter Naslund has been invited to participate in the 2007 National Book Festival, including a reception at the Library of Congress, Friday, September 28, a breakfast at the White House Saturday, September 29, and a presentation of her latest book, Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette, Saturday afternoon at Pavillion A on the Mall. Sena’s other public presentations include Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 27; San Miguel Literary Association, San Miguel, Mexico, 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5; Ben May Library, Mobile, Ala., 7 p.m., Oct 11; Southern Festival of Books, House Chambers of the State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn., 1 p.m Oct 13; Lowell Lecture, Cape Cod Community College, Oct 17. (top)

Alumni

Cynthia Rausch Allar (Spring 2004) has been awarded third prize in the Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for her poem, “Uncovered.” She has also been chosen with six others for High Distinction honors in the same contest for “Risking the Road.” Both poems are to appear on the winningwriters.com website and are to be published in the anthology Sailing in the Mist of Time.

Jennifer Anthony’s (Spring 2005) four-part series “Tonics” appears in the winter, spring, summer, and fall print issues of The First Line and is also published online (www.thefirstline.com). Her piece about Yucatan was published in an online webzine: http://matadortravel.com/travel-writing/mexico/travel-place/what-s-for-dinner-a-menu-of-functional-family-dynamics-in-ek-bala. A nonfiction article for TechSoup gave her a spectacular chance to write about new software for the non-profit sector: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page7406.cfm?cg=searchterms&sg=google%20outreach.

“Things We Do For Love,” a short film on which Deborah Begel (Spring 2006) worked (sound, locations, scribe), is to premiere on September 23 in Santa Fe. She taught ninth grade English to Mesa Vista High School students this summer. She is currently developing a new radio play with the El Rito Radio Gang, nine students aged 8 to 17. It is to premiere October 20 at the El Rito Library during the El Rito Studio Tour.

Myra Bellin’s (Fall 2005) essay “Dog Days in the City” appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer on August 9. (top)

Gwen Broderick (Fall 2006) attended the summer 2007 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, where she was placed in the workshop of Natasha Trethewey. In early August, Gwen led a “Writing from Art” session at the Albany Institute of History and Art. She has been accepted as a poetry mentor in the PEN Prison Writing Mentorship Program.

David Carren (Fall 2005) attended the University Film and Video Associate Conference, August 7-12, where he presented his screenplay, My Monster, and a short, “Blue Tears,” which he wrote and directed. This fall, he began teaching at the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Texas, where he is an Associate Professor in the Communication, Theatre Arts Department. David has also been selected by the Austin Film Festival and Latitude Productions as a 2007 semi-finalist in the Latitude Productions Category. Latitude received over 1000 entries in this category this year and only selected 12 semi-finalists.

Daniel DiStasio’s (Fall 2005) short story “Bridge of Sighs” has been accepted for publication by Gertrude Press. (top)

Charlotte Rains Dixon (Fall 2003) led the book manuscript workshop at the Mayborn Literary Non-Fiction Conference of the Southwest for the second year in a row. Fellow alum George Getschow (Spring 2005) is writer-in-residence and organizer of the conference. Charlotte’s short story, “In The Yucatan,” was published on the Nameless Grace website (www.namelessgrace.com) in August, and an excerpt of her first novel manuscript, Language of Trees, is to be published there soon. Charlotte blogs at www.wordstrumpet.com. (top)

Troy Ehlers (Fall 2004) has begun teaching composition and literature as an adjunct professor at Concordia University St. Paul. Fellow alum Matt Ryan (Fall 2006) also teaches there and made Troy aware of the position.

Jeanne Haggard (Fall 2006) will be leading a creative writing workshop once a month at the Ottawa City Library in Ottawa, Kansas. This is a followup to the successful playwriting workshop she and Tara Goldstein (Fall 2006) conducted for the library on August 27, during Tara’s visit to Ottawa in conjunction with the world premiere of Tara’s play Lost Daughter.

David Hassler (Spring 2004) is now serving as president of the board of directors of the Writers’ Center of Indiana, where he has been a longtime member of the faculty. He also edits the Center’s quarterly newsletter Literally and the literary journal Flying Island, the latest issue of which included a short story by Paul Hiers (Spring 2004). Flying Island is currently seeking submissions for the winter 2007-2008 issue. See the Center’s website at www.indianawriters.org or email David at Flyingisland@indianawriters.org for submission guidelines. (top)

Robin Heald (Fall 2006) has had two Spalding generated works accepted. Her ECE, “Musicality in the Language of Picture Books,” written under Joyce McDonald’s mentorship, will be published in the journal Children’s Literature in Education. “Floating Letters,” a biographical piece about dyslexia, which she wrote under the mentorship of Ellie Bryant, will be published this December, in Exceptional Parent Magazine.

Edie Hemingway (Spring 2004) presented a session on “Tips for Building an Historical World” at the MD/DE/WV SCBWI Conference in July. She is scheduled to teach five continuing education writing courses at Frederick Community College in the fall semester and continues to offer a monthly workshop at Misty Hill Lodge. Her co-authored middle grade novel Drums of War, sold out of its initial 75,000 print run for the Scholastic Book Fairs in 2006/07, and Scholastic has licensed her second co-authored novel, Rebel Hart, for their spring 2008 Book Fair List. Edie is to attend the Rutgers One-on-One Plus Conference on October 13. (top)

Erin Keane (2004) is to celebrate the launch of her first full-length collection of poems, The Gravity Soundtrack (WordFarm), on October 20, with a reading at the Late Set at the Jazz Factory, featuring music by Dangerbird. She was recently named the 2007 Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts alum of the year and gave the keynote address at the GSA graduation ceremony in July. Erin’s newest project is blogging for Velocity, the Courier-Journal’s weekly lifestyle and entertainment publication. Look for her article on Nathan Salsburg’s folk radio show, Root Hog or Die, in the fall 2007 issue of New Southerner.

Kilean Kennedy’s (Spring 2007) short story “1A” will appear in the September 15 issue of Word Riot at www.wordriot.org and his short story “Tomorrow, When I Grow Up” has been accepted for the Spring 2008 issue of The Louisville Review.(top)

Nana Lampton (Spring 2004) has given readings from The Moon with the Sun in Her Eye at the Prospect Book Club and to a group in Baltimore. On September 14, she read at the Rudyard Kipling and then went on to a small group in Hamilton, Montana, as well as to Helium Club.

Richard Newman (Fall 2004) had two poems from Crab Orchard Review featured on Verse Daily (www.versedaily.org) in August. His newest chapbook, 24 Tall Boys: Dark Verse for Light Times (Snark Publishing/Firecracker Press), should appear in November of this year.

Deanna Northrup (Fall 2006) attended the Columbus Writer’s Conference August 24-25 in Columbus, Ohio.

Rosanne Osborne (Spring 2007) reads Jane’s Song, her collection of poems in the voices of the women in Mark Twain’s life at the Southern Women Writers Conference at Berry College, September 27-29. She also presents a paper on random rhyme in Betty Adcock’s poetry. (top)

Diana M. Raab’s (Fall 2003) new memoir, Regina’s Closet: Finding My Grandmother’s Secret Journal, has just been released by Beaufort Books (New York). The book began as her MFA thesis and took many evolutional turns. It’s been nominated for the Sophie Brody Award and was reviewed by Booklist. Readings and signings will be held in California, New York, Kentucky, and Georgia. See her website, http://www.dianaraab.com, for exact locations. On September 9 she did a poetry reading at the Karpeles Manuscript Museum in Santa Barbara. Her poem “You Always Want to Have Breakfast” won honorable mention in the California State Poetry Society’s Annual Contest. (top)

Janelle Rodgers (Spring 2007) has had six poems accepted for publication by PoetryREpairs. The poems “Napping with my Daughter,” “Pinky Promise,” “I am looking at the future,” “Prince,” “Dandelion,” and “Base Jumper” are to appear in upcoming issues online, as well as in the end-of-year anthology. Janelle has also been implementing Robin Heald’s (Fall 2006) graduate lecture, “The Preliterate Preschool Author.” She has gone into several pre-schools and written down stories that the children think of themselves, as well as leading the kids and teachers in creative, think-outside-the-box exercises.

Kathleen Thompson (Fall 2003) is launching a new business with her son, Stephen. The business is Word for Word for Word: Editing & Writing Services for which information can be found at www.wordforwordforword.com. Her short story, “Nothin’ to Cry About,” is forthcoming in REAL: Re Arts & Letters from Stephen F. Austin State University.

Julia Watts’s (Fall 2005) new novel, The Kind of Girl I Am, was just released by Spinsters Ink Press. Julia will be making appearances at the Kentucky Book Fair and at the Southern Festival of the Book, and she would love it if any Spalding folks attending these events would come up and say howdy.

Patti Zelch’s (Fall 2003) article “Doc Anner” appeared in the August 2007 issue of Florida Monthly. Also, the Rutgers University Council on Children’s Literature has accepted Patti as a mentee for the 2007 One-on One Plus Conference. (top)

Books/Scripts in Common for Fall
The cross-genre areas for Fall 2007 are screenwriting and playwriting. Students and faculty read a play and a screenplay and view the movie before coming to residency. The scripts are discussed at the first-night discussion led by Sena and Kathleen. (Bring the scripts.)

Script in Common for Screenwriting
Robert Moresco, co-writer of Crash, is our guest screenwriter. The script is posted on Blackboard under Residency/Fall Residency 2007/ Residency Documents for students and faculty to download and read, and all students and faculty are to watch the movie before coming to residency. (top)

Script in Common for Playwriting
Heather Raffo: 9 Parts of Desire: A Play. The script can be purchased from online sources such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble, or you may ask your local bookseller to order it for you . (ISBN 0810123452) (top)

Faculty Books in Common for Fall 2007
Students read the Faculty/Guest Books in Common in their Fall 2007 area of concentration in preparation for a discussion with authors at the Fall 2007 residency.

Fiction: Rachel Harper’s Brass Ankle Blues
Poetry: Debra Kang Dean’s Precipitates
Creative Nonfiction: Richard Goodman’s French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France
Writing for Children: Ellie Bryant’s Father by Blood
Playwriting: Eric Schmiedl’s Denise Druczweski’s Inferno
Screenwriting: Charles Pogue’s Dragonheart

Students should check Blackboard for a complete list of pre-reading assignments. (top)

Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) for Spring 2007

FAC members are announced by the MFA Office at the beginning of each semester. The Program Director consults with the FAC about recommendations for admissions and about programmatic and administrative development and changes. Both faculty and students are invited to make suggestions to the FAC for exploration by the Program Director and larger faculty. However, students and faculty should directly and immediately consult the Associate Program Director about any issues concerning specific individuals’ performance in the program.