Reading series features Levine Prize winner, new podcast interviews

February 9, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

The university’s Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing will feature a virtual reading from the 2019 Philip Levine Prize for poetry winner and a half-dozen new podcast interviews with Fresno writers for its 2020-21 Fresno Poets’ Association reading series.

Fresno State theatre, creative writing students perform at 2021 Rogue Festival

February 8, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Theatre students and recent alumni from Fresno State’s Department of Theatre and Dance and creative writing students from the Department of English will headline two shows at the 2021 Rogue Festival, happening virtually March 5 through 14.

Kudos to Fresno Writers – October/November 2020

January 19, 2021.Reading time 14 minutes.

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

Creative Writing students earn ‘Desert Nights, Rising Stars’ scholarships

January 14, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

MFA Creative Writing students (top left to right) Jer Xiong, Delaney R. Whitebird Olmo, Carolina Mata, (Bottom left to right) Amber L. Carpenter, Mariah Bosch and Karissa Ellison.

Six Fresno State graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts Program have been awarded scholarships to attend the 2021 Desert Nights, Rising Stars virtual conference at Arizona State University.

Alumnus, community advocate Zoyer Zyndel dies at 34

January 6, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Zoyer Zyndel, a Fresno State alumnus known for his community volunteering and advocacy, particularly with the Central Valley’s LGBTQ communities, died in Fresno on Dec. 26. He was 34.

Four creative writing alumni publish first books in 2019-20

December 16, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

head shots of Ashley Wells, Anthony Cody, Erik Wilbur, and Monique Quintana.

Four alumni authors from Fresno State’s Master of Fine Arts Program in creative writing published their first books in 2019 and 2020, including National Book Award for Poetry finalist Anthony Cody.

English Studies symposium focuses on the sublime

December 3, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Dr. Emiliano Treré, a senior lecturer in media ecologies and social transformation at Cardiff University in Wales, will deliver a keynote address entitled “Taming the Sublime: The Ambivalent Political Implications of Technological Visions” as part of the fourth annual Students of English Studies Association symposium on Dec. 10 and 11.

Professor Emerita Jean Pickering passes away at 87

October 27, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

Dr. Jean E. Pickering, a feminist literary scholar and Fresno State professor emerita of English, passed away on Sept. 15. She was 87.

Fresno State alumni earn national literary honors

September 21, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Fresno State alumni authors Anthony Cody and Sara Borjas were recognized with national praise for their debut poetry collections.

Fresno Writers Live with Larissa Mercado-López

September 10, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Larissa Mercado-López holds her book "Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer! / Esteban de Luna, ¡Rescatador de bebés!"

The Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter presents #FresnoWriters Live, a virtual reading to celebrate the bilingual children’s book “Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer! / Esteban de Luna, ¡Rescatador de bebés!” from Fresno writer Larissa Mercado-López. 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 19