Marymount Manhattan College Writing, Language, and Literature

10/01/2023

Visit us at Booth 203 in the Brooklyn Book Festival!

07/24/2023

So proud of our alum, Elias Ramos.

We were lucky to catch up with Elias Ramos recently and have shared our conversation below. Elias, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. I’m sure there have been days where the challenges of being an artist or creative force you to think about what it would be like to just have a

10/28/2022

Adele, you would be welcome here!

Singer Adele tells fans in Los Angeles she wants to go to university and earn a degree in English Literature after missing out on school "experience."

09/23/2021

Calling all wordsmiths! If you’re interested in your work reaching a wider audience, please submit your poetry, fiction, and/or creative nonfiction (memoir) to The Carson Review for consideration. The Carson Review is a literary arts journal published annually in the Spring. The journal invites submissions from current students at Marymount Manhattan College.

All submissions must be word-processed, paginated, and sent via e-mail in one complete document. Prose should be double-spaced and poetry single-spaced. Please include a cover sheet with your name, e-mail address, telephone number, and the title and genre of each attached piece. Your name should not appear on any other pages. Students may submit in multiple genres—up to three poems and one work of fiction and one work of creative nonfiction. The writing must be previously unpublished.

The submission deadline is Friday, October 15th, 2021. All submissions should be sent to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your interest. If you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected] 📝📚💌✨

09/22/2021

Last night’s LitCity reading was an amazing way to kick off Huge thanks to all who came to hear Jo Ann Beard read from her latest book Festival Days, and to our amazing WLL faculty 🎤📚🗣🌃🍂✨

09/21/2021

This amazing artist will be teaching a class in our department this Spring - stay tuned!

When artist Yvonne Shortt thinks of public art, her mind doesn’t go to statues and monuments. Rather, she considers community-based art, pieces that elevat...

08/31/2021

Welcome back and BIG NEWS! Formerly known as EWL is now the Department of Writing, Language and Literature, and we are sporting a brand new Creative Writing BFA! Get all the deats and some MMC history at the and boy oh boy is it great to be back 😎📝📚🗣✨💌

08/02/2021

Get ready for our first fall event: Lit City Reading featuring poet JoAnn Beard. Live from the RP room 9/21 6pm. We can’t wait to see you and gather again ✨📚🌈🍂

07/30/2021

This Fall is going to be lit. Can't wait to welcome our new students and see our returning students at this awesome event.

05/21/2021

Join us Monday afternoon to hear works featured in this years Carson Review! Register on for the ⚡️🔗 and congrats to all our students who contributed 📝📚💐🎉✨

05/12/2021

Today! Check out our incredible student presentations! 📝📚🗣⚡️🔗✨