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.

Authors and scholars to visit English Department conferences

February 5, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Several distinguished authors (pictured) will visit Fresno State English Department conferences this spring

Six distinguished authors will headline three scholarly and creative conferences presented by Fresno State’s Department of English this spring.

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 […]

American Book Award-winning authors coming to WordFest

January 27, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

~ By Jefferson Beavers, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com American Book Award-winning authors Tim Z. Hernandez and Sasha Pimentel will be joined by memoirist José Orduña for the WordFest 2017 event on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Fresno State. The San Joaquin Literary Association hosts WordFest, which features a full day of talks about the craft of writing, […]

As I begin my transition to the Office of the Provost, I think deeply about the value of our College and our disciplines.

We are the proud heirs to an academic and artistic tradition that prides itself on promoting core values that reflect our vast potential: Maturity and flexibility of mind, dynamic exploration of our human relationships, and the creation of meaningful insight into a historical period. Within this tradition, communication is at the heart of all of our disciplines. We are masters of communication in artistic and literary ways -from video, dance, painting, and music, to speeches, essays, books, and poetry.