Kudos to Fresno writers — Spring 2025

June 4, 2025.Reading time 33 minutes.

From left: English Department alumni Mialise Carney, Alea Droker, and Mercedez Espino are all headed for advanced post-baccalaureate studies in the fall.

Kudos to #FresnoWriters is an ongoing series on the Fresno State MFA blog, celebrating the professional accomplishments of students, alumni, and faculty in Fresno State’s Creative Writing Program and Department of English.

Children’s literature scholar opens her boundaries, builds a community

March 17, 2025.Reading time 15 minutes.

If the story of Hope Vang’s academic life so far was told as a children’s fairytale, you could imagine a narrator starting the brightly colored book with a wondrous voiceover introduction…

2025 Rogue Festival welcomes Fresno State creative writers

February 19, 2025.Reading time 3 minutes.

Creative writers from Fresno State’s Department of English will headline the “Fresno Writers Live” performances at the 2025 Rogue Festival, scheduled for February 28 through March 8 in Fresno’s Tower District.

Undocupoets co-founder headlines English Department spring literary lineup

February 14, 2025.Reading time 17 minutes.

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo in black and white

Fresno State’s Department of English welcomes 10 acclaimed authors and scholars this spring for campus visits, including the poet and translator Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, the co-founder of Undocupoets, a collective that brings recognition to works written by undocumented poets and spreads awareness about the societal barriers they face as writers.

Kudos to Fresno writers — Fall 2024

February 11, 2025.Reading time 17 minutes.

Graphic image with headshots of Samantha Golden, Kenyeih Williams, Kayla Mendoza, and Mary Sosa as photo cutouts of a background of cutout paper scraps

Writing Center tutor imagines a career, plans to graduate in three years

January 31, 2025.Reading time 14 minutes.

Parker’s stories and poems focus on experimental forms and themes of family. She enjoys writing sci-fi and fantasy — like she has since she was a kid — but her interests in poetry, literary fiction and visual storytelling are expanding.

English symposium examines translation as cultural and political force

December 5, 2024.Reading time 5 minutes.

Author, translator, and University of Virginia associate professor Carmen Lamas will deliver the keynote address for Fresno State’s eighth annual Students of English Studies Association symposium on December 12 and 13. The theme for this year’s SESA symposium is “Translations.”

English Major Out in the World: Samantha Golden

October 21, 2024.Reading time 3 minutes.

Fresno State alumna Samantha Golden works at Gymnastics Beat in northwest Fresno, where she directs their recreation, tumbling, and gymnastics programs.

Fresno State alumna Samantha Golden works full-time as the recreation director at Gymnastics Beat and part-time as a writer for the Clovis Roundup community newspaper.

Kudos to Fresno Writers — Summer 2024

September 9, 2024.Reading time 31 minutes.

From left, Fresno State MFA alumni Tiffany Crum, Samina Najmi, and Delaney R. Whitebird Olmo have all announced their debut books will be published in 2025. Kudos to #FresnoWriters is an ongoing series on the Fresno State MFA blog, celebrating the professional accomplishments of students, alumni, and faculty in Fresno State’s Creative Writing Program and Department […]

Unique Crowdfunding Campaign Leads to Creative Writing Endowed Scholarship

August 28, 2024.Reading time 16 minutes.

Marisol Baca wiith a poster and books of Larry Levis.

Each October over the five-year campaign, three writers would take their turns publishing 15 new pieces in 15 days, staggered throughout the month, as members of the Creative Writing Alumni Chapter promoted their work on the FresnoWriters.com project website.