To See the Earth: Poems by Philip Metres
| Philip Metres who received his M.F.A from Indiana University has a new publication that is now available. |
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MFA Faculty, Samrat Upadhyay, winner of the 10th annual Asian American Literary Award
| Congratulations to Samrat Upadhyay for winning the Asian American Literary Award in Fiction, for his book The Royal Ghosts. |
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Poet, Ross Gay, joins the M.F.A. Program at Indiana University
| Poet, Ross Gay, joins the M.F.A. Program at Indiana University. Ross Gay is the author of the collection Against Which (CavanKerry Press, 2006). His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Atlanta Review, Harvard Review, Columbia: A Journal of Poetry and Art, and Margie: The American Journal of Poetry, among other places. He teaches at Indiana University and in the low-residency program at New England College. He is a Cave Canem fellow and a demolition man. |
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Maurice Manning's third book of poetry, Bucolics, published by Harcourt in 2007.
| MAURICE MANNINGís poems have appeared in the Southern Review, the Virginia Quarterly Review, and the New Yorker, and his first collection of poems was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Award. He teaches English at Indiana University. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and Danville, Kentucky. |
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Samrat Upadhyay's latest story collection, THE ROYAL GHOSTS (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) selected as a finalist for Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
Samrat Upadhyay's latest story collection, THE ROYAL GHOSTS (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) selected as a finalist for Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
With a prize money of $35,000, the O'Connor Award is the world's richest short story prize. The other contenders this year are Haruki Murakami (Japan), Philip Ó Ceallaigh (Ireland), Rachel Sherman (USA), Peter Stamm (Switzerland), and Rose Tremain (England). The winner of the award will be announced in September during the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival in Cork. Last year's winner was Yiyun Li for her debut collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (Random House).
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M.F.A Faculty is recognized for receiving one of five annual Indiana Humanities Awards issued by the Governor’s Office and the Indiana Humanities Council, which recognizes lifetime achievement in the humanities.
The Department of English Would Like to recognize, Scott Sanders,for receiving one of five annual Indiana Humanities Awards issued by the Governor’s Office and the Indiana Humanities Council, which recognizes lifetime achievement in the humanities.
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MFA Faculty Alyce Miller Wins The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction from Sarabande Books
MFA Faculty Alyce Miller Wins The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction from Sarabande Books.
Alyce Miller's collection of stories, WATER, was selected by novelist Norman Rush (author of MATING) for this year's Mary McCarthy Prize, and will be published at the end of 2007 with Sarabande Press. |
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ALUMNI NEWS
Alumni of our graduate creative writing program live and work in five continents (North America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia), and perform many of the activities associated with the writer's life. First and foremost, they write and publish their own creative work, which we are proud to celebrate. They also edit literary magazines and affiliated university press publications; teach on the graduate, undergraduate, and secondary levels; administer writing programs, summer writing conferences, literary festivals, and related programs in the arts and humanities; serve on a variety of local and national literary organizations; and carry out a broad range of additional literary and cultural activities.
Alumni who are not mentioned on the following pages are encouraged to contact the program director so that, if they wish, their accomplishments may also be added to these pages.
News about 2002-06 graduates can be found at Recent Graduates.
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Upcoming Student Readings
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