The Summer Stretch
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Life of a Writer: Summer Edition

Saying Goodbye to Ginzy: A Spalding Mentor Writes About Her Own Mentor

Caring Friends, Generous Communities

Let’s Make a Scene

Announcing the Distinguished MFA Alumni Lecture Series at the Naslund-Mann School of Writing

An Infinitely Recursive Childhood

Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Persona Poems in October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard

“It’s Not Nostalgia that Brings Me Back”: A Chat with Terry Price & Marjetta Geerling, Part II

“We Came Up with the Word ‘Connection’”: A Chat with Terry Price & Marjetta Geerling, Part I

Fear and the Writing Process

Life of a Writer: May 2022

Creating a Circle of Writing Friends: Stopping the Cycle of Loneliness

Planting the Right Seed

Faculty Announcements from the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing

Highlights! Spalding’s Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing Spring 2022 Residency, May 21-28

Life of a Writer: Late Winter Edition

Parts & Wholes

Welcome to our Faculty, Lee Martin!

Margaret Renkl’s LATE MIGRATIONS: A Natural History of Love and Loss

On Voice (Having to Hear It)

A Writer’s (Canine) Companion

The Importance of Investing in You & Your Writing

Eat, Drink, and Write in the City of Lights! A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Workshop in Paris

On Physical Practice and Water Instincts

Welcome to the faculty, Ellen Hagan!

The Special Place of Signed Books

Walking the Line

A $1 million gift leads to a new name, honoring our founders

Getting Inside the Words