Creative Writing at the University of Maryland

01/24/2024

Temim Fruchter (BA, 2002; MFA, 2019) featured in Maryland Today!! Also, Temim is reading IRL from CITY OF LAUGHTER (Grove Atlantic) *tonight* at 7 at Loyalty Bookstore in Petworth DC. University of Maryland Department of English University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities Jiménez-Porter Writers' House 🥳💥📚✍🐢

The Mystical and Mundane Meet in Story Inspired by Author’s Eastern European Family Matriarchs

01/18/2024

Don't miss Temim Fruchter's (BA, 2002; MFA, 2019) recent Shondaland interview about her brand new novel, CITY OF LAUGHTER (Grove Atlantic).

Temim Fruchter discusses her debut novel and the winding history that guided her.

01/18/2024

Happy Pub Week & Congratulations to Temim Fruchter, whose glorious debut novel, CITY OF LAUGHTER, was released on January 16! Temim is a double alum of University of Maryland Department of English, earning a BA in 2002 & an MFA in 2019! University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities Jiménez-Porter Writers' House

A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets, and the fantastical visitation of a...

12/13/2023

12/13/2023

"Solstice in Truro" by MFA Faculty Poet Joshua Weiner on The Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, selected by Claudia Rankine! Jiménez-Porter Writers' House University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities University of Maryland Department of English

Teaching term done,

12/07/2023

Congratulations to current MFA student Subraj Singh, whose story "All That Hunger, All That Thirst" is in the current issue of AGNI (98)!
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July and August used to be the best month because that is when school would be out for the summer. Is real funny how they call it summer when Guyana is summer all year round, eh? But back then them thing didn’t matter. All the children would rest up on the weekend after school close and by Monday ...

11/30/2023

📚✍💥Join us Wed., Dec. 6 at 7pm in the Ulrich Recital Hall for the *Writers Here & Now faculty reading* featuring MFA Program Director Lillian-Yvonne Bertram & their latest poetry collection, NEGATIVE MONEY (Soft Skull Press, 2023)!📚✍💥Dr. Bertram will be introduced by Distinguished University Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum. Jiménez-Porter Writers' House University of Maryland Department of English University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities University of Maryland Alumni Association AADHum = Black Digital and Experimental Humanities at UMD

11/01/2023

📡🙌"Totalitarian" by Tyler Mills (MFA, 2008) featured on The Slowdown with Major Jackson on October 30!📡🙌 Jiménez-Porter Writers' House University of Maryland Department of English University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities

11/01/2023

Congrats to Steve Bellin-Oka (BA, 1989) on his role as The Academy of American Poets guest editor for the month of November (2023): https://poets.org/november-2023-poem-a-day-guest-editor-steve-bellin-oka
University of Maryland Department of English University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities Jiménez-Porter Writers' House

Listen to a short Q&A where Steve Bellin-Oka discusses his curatorial process for Poem-a-Day.

09/27/2023

💥Listen to MFA Program Director Lillian-Yvonne Bertram on Marketplace Business News with Kai Ryssdal!💥https://www.marketplace.org/2023/09/26/poet-lillian-yvonne-bertram-explores-money-as-a-state-of-lack/
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The title "Negative Money" came to Lillian-Yvonne Betram's when they were thinking about the feeling of being in debt.

09/26/2023

📚✍💥Join us Wed., Oct. 4 at 7pm in the Ulrich Recital Hall for Writers Here & Now featuring Deesha Philyaw & Monica Youn!! The reading is free & open to the public, as always.📚✍💥University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities Jiménez-Porter Writers' House University of Maryland Department of English Blue Flower Arts Graywolf Press Wvu Press