Nicole Cooley's Mother Water Ash Nicole Cooley published seventh poetry collection, Mother Water Ash, to rave reviews this fall, including this round-up in Literary Hub and this latest in Rhino. She’s been doing readings all over the country. Don’t miss her if she […] “Nicole Cooley’s Mother Water Ash”

Richard Prins in Best American Essays 2024 Richard Prins (2024) was chosen–and is now published!–in this year’s edition of The Best American Essays. Richard studied Swahili translation and creative nonfiction in the program, and wrote the award-winning essay, “Because: An Etiology” for a class. Huge […] “Richard Prins in Best American Essays 2024”

Open House November 20 The […] “Open House November 20”

David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks: A Glossary I finished David Mitchell’s novel The Bone Clocks during a long flight. In the sky, surrounded by strangers, I didn’t want to leave the world he […]

Top Ten Family Deaths—Real, Near, Imagined Midge nursing Ralph after he broke his back, thrown from the cavalry horse he was exercising. 10. 1959. Thirty years into his career as a notoriously […]

Rebecca Suzuki | Loose Translation Prize (March 20, 7 PM) We are delighted MFA Alum and English faculty member Rebecca Suzuki will read from her Loose Translation Award-Winning book When My Mother Was Most Beautiful. If you haven’t yet heard or read her exquisite prose you will want to. […] “Rebecca Suzuki | Loose Translation Prize (March 20, 7 PM)”

Brainstorm Brainstorm has got a great series of events lined up for the spring. Check it out!

Ava Chin Our first event of the semester is a collaboration with Off the Page. Ava Chin will read from her memoir Mott Street, followed by conversation with QC President Frank Wu. She’ll be signing books too.

SPRING EVENTS Take a […] “SPRING EVENTS”

Everything“This is everything.” That’s the first thing I heard her say, as I passed the couple near the corner of 14th Street and Avenue A in Manhattan. “It’s […]

Brainstorm at the Forest Hills Public Library Come along to celebrate the launch of The Queens Review. Contact Julie Goodale if you’d like to read.

CREATIVE NONFICTION NOW […] “CREATIVE NONFICTION NOW”

Organizing Your FilesBe sure to make a folder for all the “assets” you’ll use for your episode. It’s a good idea to make subfolders too: Narration, […]

Workshops: Discussion Episodes Rough CutsAs you listen to to your group members’ rough cuts, consider the following questions–and be ready to talk about them during Tuesday’s […]

Today's WorkshopAs a class: Write for five minutes about any useful advice you found in either of the chapters we read for today. We’ll listen to […]

For Class Thursday, April 201. Read the NPR Startup Guide Chapter (12) on “Shaping the Story” and the Out on the Wire Chapter “Keep or Kill” (on editing for sto […]

Tuesday's Class–April 4For class on Tuesday, prepare the following: —A moment from “TV Theme Songs” you find interesting for its editing or sound desig […]

Group Projects: Tuesday, March 28NEW FOR THURSDAY: Choose one or two elements of good story ideas described by Abel and Glass and describe how they are at play in […]

Come to class prepared with notes and time stamps on the following storytelling elements in the episodes of Even the Rich and Code Switch we’re listening to:

—Moments where guests or hosts tell compelling sto […]