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Kate Fussner’s (WFYP, June 2021) middle-grade novel-in-verse The Song of Us is listed in Lambda Literary as one of May’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Books. The Song of Us is also listed in Rainbow Reads New Release Round-Up: Children’s […]
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Our Spotlight series continues with Fiction alum Daniel Giovinazzo who shares with us how his practice of writing has evolved over time, the great influence his former mentors at the Lesley MFA program had on him, and how […]
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Kate Fussner (WFYP, June 2021) has a review of her debut YA novel The Song of Us in Publishers Weekly. Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, MFA faculty) was featured on Good Morning America, talking about her new picture book The […]
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We love learning about how our alums are making an impact in the literary world, and were thrilled to talk to Natalie Young, poetry alum and a founder of the Utah-based poetry journal, Sugar House Review. In the […]
Naomi Mulvihill (Poetry, 2011) is the winner of the 2023 Clayton Prize, awarded by the editors the Michigan Quarterly Review for her poem “Poly-, Ambi-“ Katie DeBonville (Nonfiction, January 2023) has an essay “Bridges” in the March 2023 […]
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We’re always thrilled when one of our alums speaks about the impact of the Lesley MFA program. Those of us who attended the January 2023 graduation ceremony were fortunate to hear from Meenakshi Chhabra, a June 2022 graduate, […]
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In our first Spotlight Interview of 2023, Claudia Rueda talks to us about her work with PEN, Domestika, some of her early literary influences, and changing the world through children’s picture books. CLAUDIA RUEDA – WRITING FOR YOUNG […]
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Enzo Surin Silon (Poetry, 2012) is featured in an article in The Item, where he discusses winning the Massachusetts Book Award, and his forthcoming poetry collection American Scapegoat, now available for preorder from Black Lawrence Press. Jennifer LeBlanc […]
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Caitlin T.D. Robinson (WFYP, June 2018) is the winner of the 2022 Princemere Poetry Prize for her poem “A Mother’s Sestina.” Frances Donovan (Poetry, June 2019) has a new poetry collection, Arboretum in a Jar, out with Lily […]
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Check out the below video to watch the Cambridge Common Writers-hosted book launch for Elizabeth Shick’s (Fiction, January 2019) debut novel, The Golden Land. A debut novel that digs deep into the complexities of family history and relationships. When […]