PATIENCE, PROCESS, PUBLICATION: Lesléa Newman & Leah Hendersonby Lesléa Newman Spalding MFA faculty, Writing for Children and Young Adults Lesléa Newman: Congratulations on publishing your first...
LIFE OF A WRITER: April 2017Here’s what Spalding MFA students, alumni, faculty, and staff have been publishing, producing, and doing since our last update! Stephen...
NO EXIT: When Endings DisappointBy Dianne Aprile Spalding MFA faculty, Creative Nonfiction I’m a big fan of ambiguous endings. I have no problem with being left in the...
GROWING UP WRITINGBy Nancy McCabe Spalding MFA Faculty, Creative Nonfiction “…reminiscing about my origins as a writer is not just a nostalgic act, but one...
CRAFTING SURPRISE IN FICTIONBy Beth Ann Bauman Spalding MFA Faculty, Writing for Children & Young Adults There are truisms about life we all accept—e.g., rejection...
SAILING WITH AHAB’S WIFEBy Sena Jeter Naslund Spalding MFA Program Director Growing up, it was the novel rather than the short story that had made me want to be...