November 6, 2025 by Robin Lippincott, fiction and creative nonfiction faculty     I am in Provincetown, Massachusetts once again, this glorious, narrow strip of land at the end of Cape Cod. Though P’town is a place I’ve loved deeply and visited countless times for over forty years, it has been almost eight years since I was last here, the longest stretch I have ever gone since my first visit in the early 1980s. I am here now to scatter the remains of my beloved friend and fir

October 23, 2025 by Leah Henderson, faculty, writing for children and young adults     Since I debuted in 2017, I’m continuously trying to find a healthy footing in the writing world even after several books. Thankfully, along the way, I’ve paid close attention during most of my stumbles and leaps and have been able to add a few useful takeaways to my toolkit—takeaways that may be helpful to consider for anyone pursuing a career in writing, whether with a focus of writing for

EXCITING NEWS & UPDATES FROM SPALDING'S NASLUND-MANN SCHOOL OF WRITING STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY & STAFF Students   Morrow Dowdle  (P) was nominated for Best of the Net 2025 by Sky Island Journal  for their poem “I No Longer Want to Be Heartsick.”   Gratton Hicks  (F) is coming down the stretch on his third book and first adult novel, Mere Images . . . . . . of Lucky . The novel has just crossed the eighty-thousand-word count. He has planned extensive editing and feedback for

October 9, 2025   by Lee Martin, fiction and creative nonfiction faculty I’m taken these days with the popularity of the lyric essay,...

October 2, 2022   by Kathleen Driskell, Chair On behalf of the faculty and staff of the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing, I’m...

September 25, 2025 by Beth Ann Bauman, writing for children and young adult faculty   One of my favorite TV shows is the HBO crime drama...

In a move that aligns all of Spalding’s creative writing programs for the first time, the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Creative Writing...

September 11, 2025 by Nancy McCabe, creative nonfiction and fiction faculty   I’m working on a craft book, Creating Some Measure of...

Also, announcing faculty and guest books and scripts in common for Fall 2025—and our pre-lecture in W4TVSS and residency workshop...

August 14, 2025 by Whitney Collins, fiction faculty   Back in the 1900s, when my friends and I were growing up relatively unplugged and...