Student of Distinction: Jer Xiong

April 6, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

“For someone like me to be here, there was a lot of luck involved, my own hard work and persistence, timely opportunities, but most of all, the support from family and community. Their care and acknowledgement drive me.” ~Jer Xiong

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.

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

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.

Texas author wins 2020 Philip Levine Prize for poetry

February 4, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing announced Texas author E.C. Belli has won the 2020 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry book contest, which includes a $2,000 award and publication of her second book, “A Sleep That Is Not Our Sleep.”

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.

‘Normal’ magazine finishes print run among nation’s best for inclusion, notable essays

December 22, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Fresno State’s locally grown, nationally known literary magazine, The Normal School, ended its print-edition era by earning high marks for gender parity for the sixth year in a row in a nationwide report. The magazine also had an essay published and two essays mentioned in the newest editions of the annual Best American series.

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.

Poet alumnus wins regional award for distinguished master’s thesis

December 4, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Just one week after his first book finished as a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry, author and Fresno State alumnus Anthony Cody’s yet-to-be-published second book won a top regional award for distinguished master’s thesis.

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.