Notre Dame Creative Writing

Our vision of the #MFA in #CreativeWriting is a holistic one, in which community, craft, experimentation, dialogue, study, reflection, and teaching all contribute to self-directed learning. Deadline: January 15, 2025. Learn more: #MFA%20Requirements" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">english.nd.edu/graduate/admis… youtube.com/watch?v=W2Z5TO…

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The Dynamic Translation Lab presents the inaugural Notre Dame Translation Forum. Hosted by Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Johannes Göransson, one of the aims of the forum is to create a translation community, bringing together people from different backgrounds and disciplines.

.@ArtsLettersND students are bringing overlooked histories back into view through rare friendship albums—handwritten collections of poems, letters, signatures, and keepsakes created by women in the 1800s. go.nd.edu/8317a1

Mark your calendars! An evening with N. K. JEMISIN! franco.nd.edu/events/2026/03… #NotreDame #NKJemisin

Tomorrow at 5pm! A reading by Madeline Cash. Free and open to the public. Learn more at the link below: english.nd.edu/news-events/ev…

The #ActionBlog returns with a new series ("Stockroom Picks") curated by Asst. Editor Miharu Yano. First up is three picks from #MikeCorrao: actionbooks.org/2026/01/stockr… #poetry #books #actionbooks

Opinion | As the world gets hotter, pessimism is our only hope. bostonglobe.com/2026/01/11/opi… via @BostonGlobe

This Wednesday! A Chicago reading event co-curated with indie press Black Ocean. See you there?

If you're in Chicago on Jan. 7, come celebrate the latest #AaseBerg title from @BlackOceanOrg with me, Johannes, and many other Aase fans! Purchase your copy of AASE'S DEATH today at the link below: blackocean.org/catalog1/aases…

Scenes from our #MFAs' recent visit to #NotreDame's Museum of Biodiversity! Museum Curator Joanna Larson gave our students a fantastic tour! Learn more about this amazing resource at the link below: biodiversity.nd.edu

A new initiative funded by @NDIrishStudies and @ArtsLettersND will bring a prominent Irish writer-in-residence and critic-in-residence to @NotreDame each year. Author Michael Magee and Irish-language scholar Radvan Markus are the first pair. Read more: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/irish-wri…

I'll be talking about IMPASSE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF PROGRESS next Thursday, November 13, @TheNewSchool, with Jay Bernstein and Joel Towers. Register below. event.newschool.edu/arnholdforumro…

We are urged to remain optimistic about solving climate change, but does this really make any sense? Join us on Tuesday 11/18 at 5pm in the SSRB Tea Room for Climate Change and the Virtues of Pessimism, a lecture by @RoyScranton. Co-sponsored by @UChicagoCEGU

Next Thursday: the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, the English Department, and the Creative Writing Program present public 2025-26 Writer-in-Residence Michael Magee! Learn more: english.nd.edu/news-events/ev…

Next Wednesday @ 5pm! The #CreativeWriting Series and Letras Latinas invites you to an evening with the Creative Writing Program's new Visiting Assistant Professor: #CynthiaCruz! A Q&A and reception will follow. english.nd.edu/news-events/ev…

Today at 5pm! #MFA alumni Zack Darsee and Elise Houcek read from their collaborative poetry collection!

Delighted to have contributed an essay, "Listening to the Bigger Story: The Dagara Spiritual Technology of Divination on Turtle Island" to this volume, edited by my @PacificaPost colleague David Odorisio @MonkRocker.

There's something special about that first snow of the season.

We offer our #MFA students a full tuition waiver, a fellowship providing a stipend of $28,500, and a health insurance subsidy, as well as teaching, editorial, and publication experience. Learn more and apply today: english.nd.edu/graduate/mfa/

The #MFA Film Series continues this Thursday night (11/13) at 9:30pm at Browning Cinema. Adalyne Perryman (MFA '26) will be screening Atom Egoyan's 1997 film, THE SWEET HEREAFTER. Adalyne will also provide the introduction. Purchase tickets: dpactickets.nd.edu/18900/18901