Richard Blanco collaborates with Bacardi Written by Kasey Cortes-Lohn, January 3rd, 2018 The 2013 Presidential Inaugural Poet and FIU alumni turned professor, Richard Blanco, recently partnered with Bacardi/The Real Havana Club from […]
Creative Writing Director’s Book Comes to Life Written by Kasey Cortes-Lohn, November 17th, 2017 Les Standiford, Director of the Creative Writing Program, is witnessing his book “The Man who Invented Christmas” come to life […]
FIU Tutors Win Big at NCPTW Written by Kasey Cortes-Lohn, November 8th, 2017 The National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing (NCPTW) is a conference with a history of reaching out. This year’s […]
Richard Blanco Fellowship in Creative Writing Written by Kasey Cortes-Lohn, September 21st, 2017 The Richard Blanco Fellowship in Creative Writing was established in honor of alum Richard Blanco, upon the celebration of the […]
MFA Alum, Neil Plakcy, Publishes New Book Written by Kasey Cortes-Lohn, July 19th, 2017 Two time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Men’s Mystery Novel, Plakcy has written a new M/M […]
MFA Alum, Alexandra Lytton Regalado, Publishes First Book Written by Kasey Cortes-Lohn, July 19th, 2017 Alexandra Lytton Regalado’s poetry collection, Matria, is the winner of the St. Lawrence Book Award (Black Lawrence Press, 2017). She […]
MFA Alum, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, Published in New York Times Written by Kasey Cortes-Lohn, July 19th, 2017 MFA Alum, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, is published in the New York Times as a part of a collaboration of photographs […]
MFA Alum, Neil Plakcy, publishes new book Written by Erika Somoza, July 19th, 2017 The two-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Men’s Mystery Novel, Neil Plakcy has written a new […]
Trans Writer E. Parker Phillips Finds Poetry in He/r Fluid Identity Written by Kasey Cortes-Lohn, June 9th, 2017 At a Yale writing workshop in 2003, one of E. Parker Phillips‘ college classmates said Phillips’ erotic poem reminded them […]
Creative Writing Professor Campbell McGrath is Finalist for 2017 Poetry Pulitzer Prize Written by CASEnews, April 10th, 2017 Miami poetry legend Campbell McGrath’s new book was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer prize in poetry. The Miami Beach-based […]