Creative writers find inspiration at Stonewall exhibit

October 5, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

English student Rachel Cruz tours the exhibition “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall," inside the Phebe Conley Art Gallery at Fresno State.

Nine of Prof. Brynn Saito’s creative writing students enjoyed an impromptu afternoon of awe, history, and inspiration last week when they visited the acclaimed Stonewall Uprising art exhibit. Here is their reaction…

From muppets to puffers: Sydney Hinton turns random facts into inquisitive writing

September 28, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

What she didn’t know was that her graduate work as an editor with The Normal School literary magazine would not only give her a taste of the publishing world but would also help her build a vast and strange arsenal of random facts.

Kudos to Fresno Writers — Summer 2021

September 17, 2021.Reading time 19 minutes.

Kudos to #FresnoWriters. Creative Writing Program and Department of English, Summer 2021.

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

Kudos to Fresno Writers — Spring 2021

June 24, 2021.Reading time 38 minutes.

Kudos to #FresnoWriters - Creative Writing Program & Department of English

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 the Department of English.

MFA Creative Writing Program Celebrates 25th Anniversary

May 4, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

Jeffery Gleaves, Sasha Pimentel and Navdeep Singh Dhillon

Not even a global pandemic can keep the Department of English’s highest degree program from celebrating 25 years of alumni accomplishments

Fresno State Alumna Named Fifth Fresno Poet Laureate

April 23, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Fresno State alumna Megan Anderson Bohigian has been named the City of Fresno’s fifth poet laureate, serving as the city’s literary ambassador.

English Department hosts authors, scholars for spring virtual visits

March 9, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Four headshots: Nic Stone, Gerald Vizenor, Hanif Abdurraqib and Dr. Monica De La Torre

Fresno State’s Department of English will host multiple distinguished authors and scholars this spring for virtual campus visits.

On the Books: Ashley Wells

March 8, 2021.Reading time 17 minutes.

In a February email interview, communication specialist Jefferson Beavers spoke with Ashley about traveling the long road to publishing, finding the right moment for the horse-girl narrative, and re-imagining the American West.

4th Fresno State Art Song Festival, 2021: Prize Winners

March 5, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Top left to right: Micah Byers, Allen Gallego and Kana Kains. Bottom left to right: Lana Kains, Jeremy Boulton and Joshua Bravo

Six students were named as winners in the 4th Annual Art Song competition at Fresno State. During the competition, the poetry and composition finalists worked with vocalists to perform original works during the festival

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.