Kudos to Fresno Writers – Spring 2022

June 23, 2022.Reading time 28 minutes.

A woman's hand with rings on her fingers grasps a pen tightly as she writes in a notebook.

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.

Fresno State alumnus Anthony Cody finishes as finalist for National Book Award for Poetry, shares influential books

November 19, 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

Anthony Cody - National Book Award finalist

Dressed up in black, with a bowtie, burgundy jacket and matching burgundy Pumas, author and Fresno State alumnus Anthony Cody waited with anticipation in the virtual green room for the 71st National Book Awards to be announced.

El Nuevo Huevo Book Hatching: Juan Felipe Herrera and Anthony Cody

September 22, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

The book hatching will be a virtual gathering to launch the recent publication of poets Juan Felipe Herrera and Anthony Cody’s new poetry collections, “Every Day We Get More Illegal” and “Borderland Apocrypha.”

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.

#FresnoWriters Live with Anthony Cody

June 19, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter presents #FresnoWriters Live, a virtual reading to celebrate the new poetry collection “Borderland Apocrypha,” the debut book from Fresno writer Anthony Cody. The reading will be held at 8 p.m., Thursday, June 25 on Zoom.

Kudos to Fresno Writers – April/May 2020

June 11, 2020.Reading time 26 minutes.

Kudos to #FresnoWriters - Creative Writing Program and Department of English.

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.

English Department brings blockbuster literary lineup to campus in March

March 3, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Erika L. Sánchez, Ishmael Reed, Danez Smith, Naomi Shihab Nye

In a two-week span in March, Fresno State’s Department of English welcomes four nationally renowned and best-selling authors to campus to share their voices and literary art.

Kudos to Fresno writers: October/November 2019

December 10, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

‘Normal’ magazine moves to online-only publication

August 6, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Fresno State’s locally grown, nationally known literary magazine, The Normal School, will become an online-only publication starting this fall, ending an 11-year run as a printed periodical. The Spring/Summer 2019 issue of the magazine, due to hit bookstores by late August, will be its last physical issue.

Kudos to Fresno Writers: June July 2019

August 2, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

Kudos to #FresnoWriters is a monthly 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.