UOregon Creative Writing

Come join us at 4:30pm this Wednesday at the Knight Browsing Room to hear poet Michelle Peñaloza, author of All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems, winner of the 2024 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award and the James Laughlin Award!

We are so excited for MFA grad Mariah Rigg’s short-story collection, EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD (out from Ecco in 2025)! Here is a lovely interview with her (and cover reveal): debutiful.net/2024/12/05/see…

Mark your calendars for 2 pm this Saturday, November 23 to meet award-winning creators Mat Johnson and Steve Lieber at Books With Pictures Eugene (2nd Floor of 5th Street Public Market, across the courtyard from Elephant's Trunk).

Join us for a fiction reading with Prof. Jason Brown on Nov 14th at 7:00 pm, J Michaels Books (160 East Broadway, Eugene). Free and open to the public! More info: humanities.uoregon.edu/creative-writi….

Join us for a poetry reading with Thea Matthews, Oct 23rd at 4:30 pm, Knight Library Browsing Room. Free and open to the public. More info: humanities.uoregon.edu/creative-writi… 📚✨

Congrats to UO MFA grad Michelle Peñaloza for winning the James Laughlin Award for her book "All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems"! Tap the link for more info. tinyurl.com/mrxrbyx5

The Creative Writing Program announces the 2024-25 Reading Series. Please join us for a poetry reading with Thea Matthews Wed, Oct 23 at 4:30 pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Free & open to the public. Details: humanities.uoregon.edu/creative-writi…

Poet Matthew Dickman (and this year’s Visiting Professor in Poetry) will be reading next Wednesday, October 4th at 4:30 p.m. in the Knight Library Browsing Room (room 106). Dickman is a proud alum of @uoregon, where he was part of the @KiddWorkshopsUO. matthewdickmanpoetry.com

#DucksGive is today! Go here to learn how you can support the UO Creative Writing Program and its students. ducksgive.uoregon.edu

Tomorrow is "Ducks Give" day. This is your chance to help support the arts at UO! ducksgive.uoregon.edu

We're very excited to host award-winning and bestselling fiction writer (and author of the highly anticipated new novel Chain-Gang All-Stars) Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah for a reading on Thursday, 4/27, 7pm (in the UO's Knight Library Browsing Room.) Join us! @NK_Adjei

We're thrilled to host poet Kate Daniels for a reading this Thursday, 4/13, at 7pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Join us! And watch her UO Today interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=vU_Qjh…

The Eagle Has Landed!!! Wishing a Merry #AWP23 to All Past, Present, and Future Ducks!

Join us tomorrow for a reading with the celebrated and prolific @thomasbeller ! Award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction, including The Sleep-Over Artist, J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist & more. 2/22, 4:30pm, Knight Library Browsing Room. @mat_johnson @drunkinsunlight

Please join us for @OregonMFA and @kiddworkshopsUO alums Jayme Ringleb and Alycia Pirmohamed poetry reading on January 18 at 4:30 in the Knight Library Browsing Room. We are very proud of our @uoregon grads!

In January, I’ll be visiting family/friends and launching my debut collection in Canada and the US! 🌊 I have readings planned in 6 cities including my hometown and at UO, my alma mater. And, I’ll be reading with many good friends 🤍 Info below and at alycia-pirmohamed.com/events/

We are absolutely thrilled to host two accomplished poets (and UO MFA alumni!!) for the next event in our reading series. Wednesday, 1/18: Jayme Ringleb and Alycia Pirmohamed. 4:30pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Join us! @JaymeRingleb @mat_johnson @drunkinsunlight

An insider's guide to the MFA application process at @OregonMFA from fiction faculty member, Mat Johnson.

Wednesday, 11/2: We're thrilled to host poet Betsy Bonner, author of ROUND LAKE and THE BOOK OF ATLANTIS BLACK, a memoir that was an NPR "Best Book" of 2020. Join us! (4:30pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room)

Next Week: Come see our very own Professor Mat Johnson read from his ingenious new novel, INVISIBLE THINGS. 10/19, 4:30, Knight Library Browsing Room. "A biting satire of American politics and class issues--from the vantage point of outer space." -Washington Post @mat_johnson