Fresno State Creative Writing students perform at 2023 Rogue Festival

February 17, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Gray background with red text that reads, "# Fresno Writers" and blue text, "Live."

Creative writing and literature students from Fresno State’s Department of English will headline the “Fresno Writers Live” performances at the 2023 Rogue Festival, scheduled for March 3 through 11 in Fresno’s Tower District.

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.

Fresno State Creative Writing students perform at 2020 Rogue Festival

February 18, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Creative writing students from the Fresno State Master of Fine Arts program will headline the “Fresno Writers Live” performances at the 2020 Rogue Festival, scheduled March 6 through 14 in Fresno’s Tower District.

Creative Writing MFA student Mariah Bosch to perform experimental spoken word at Rogue Festival

February 26, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Composer EJ Hinojosa and Fresno State MFA student Mariah Bosch

First-year MFA student Mariah Bosch and composer EJ Hinojosa’s Rogue show, “Triptych,” brings music and spoken word together in “an experimental collaboration characterized by risk and heartfelt contemplation.” The poetry explores themes of past, present, and future, while the music synthesizes jazz, rock, and baroque styles inspired by the poetry.

Creative Writing students, alumni, faculty perform at 2019 Rogue Festival

February 13, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Fresno Writers Live - Brynn Saito, Ethan Chatagnier, Kimberly Horg, Steven Church, Ronald Dzerigian, Danielle Potter, Joseph Cassara, Carole A. Firstman, Esmeralda Gamez, Venita Blackburn, David Campos, and Jer Xiong

Fresno Writers Live will feature the latest poetry and prose from 12 Fresno writers in four storytelling and spoken-word shows. The shows will include four MFA grad students, four alumni authors from the Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter, and four faculty authors from the Department of English.

Communication student presents at WSCA’s Undergrad Conference

March 8, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Adrian Carli, a communication student who recently received her B.A. from Fresno State, presented her piece “Mourning the Living: Grieving a Transgender Relative’s Previous Gender Identity” at the Western States Communication Association’s 15th annual Undergraduate Scholars Research Conference Feb. 16, in Santa Clara.

Creative Writing students perform at 2018 Rogue Festival

February 23, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Fresno Writers Live at this year's Rogue Festival

Graduate creative writing students from the Fresno State Master of Fine Arts program will headline the “Fresno Writers Live” performances at the 17th annual Rogue Festival, scheduled March 1-10 in Fresno’s Tower District.

Fresno State Focus highlights vehicle break-ins

March 15, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

This week on Fresno State Focus, a public affairs program produced by media, communication and journalism students, anchors Geraldine Gurrola of Three Rocks and Jerry Gomez of Hanford will speak to Amy Luna with campus police about the recent string of vehicle break-ins and tips for campus safety. The show will also take a look at the new women’s water polo team […]

Poetry and Prose from Fresno State At the 2017 Rogue Festival

February 27, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Poetry and Prose flyer for Rogue Festival

Current U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera says that Fresno is the “Capital of Poetry in the World” and the Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing takes that literary legacy seriously. Hear the latest poetry and prose from emerging #FresnoWriters in four storytelling and spoken-word shows at the 16th annual Rogue […]