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Located in NYC's backyard, the MFA Creative Writing Program at Manhattanville College is a 36-credit

04/13/2026

The tour for IS IS ENOUGH — the new collection from Lauren Camp — rolls into Manhattanville on Wednesday! We’re excited to have her on campus and to hear her new work.

The INKWELL READING SERIES is free and open to the public. Come join us at Berman Student Center. Alums, you know we welcome you with open arms whenever you’re back on campus.

03/24/2026

Up next in our INKWELL Reading Series: novelist Nalini Jones. Jones will read from her latest book THE UNBROKEN COAST and will answer audience questions.

This series is always free and open to the public. Come check out Jones in Berman Student Center!

03/16/2026

Announcing the line-up of workshops for Summer Writers’ Week 2026! SWW offers week-long, intensive workshops in creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and for the first time this year, Writing Sport. Each year, a dynamic community forms around this event, as writers gather to kickstart a summer of writing.

Thank you to Rahla Xenopoulos, Lauren Acampora, Jared Harél, and Mville’s own Dr. Amy Bass for leading our workshops this June.

Find more info and register at the lonk below. Come tell your story with us this summer!

https://www.mville.edu/english-creative-writing/summer-writers-week.php

03/10/2026

Second WRITERS’ HUB Workshop of the semester coming at you on Saturday, March 21. We’re returning to in-person format for this one. Doug Moser will lead a cross-genre dialogue workshop at Barat House.

Register here: https://www.mville.edu/english-creative-writing/writers-hub-workshops.php.

03/02/2026

Mville MFA folks will be doing there thing at AWP 2026! out readings and panels featuring our graphic novelist alum Barbara Perez Marquez, MFA ‘15 and our MFA Director Iain Haley Po***ck. See you down in Baltimore!

02/09/2026

First INKWELL reading of the semester is coming at you! Can’t wait to have Keetje Kuipers on campus this Wednesday at 6 reading from her new book. This reading series is free and open to the public. Come join us in the Castle!

01/23/2026

We’re hitting the ground running as we start the new semester! Up first: a workshop on being sad-funny in creative nonfiction with Elissa Bassist on January 31.

This workshop will be ONLINE—a good chance for folks outside the Tri-State area to experience the magic of Mville MFA. Find registration info here: https://www.mville.edu/english-creative-writing/writers-hub-workshops.php.

11/24/2025

Fall Poetry Fest is coming back around. This year we’re joined by a stellar line-up of guests: Joan Kwon Glass, our SUNY Purchase neighbor Carlie Hoffman, Abi Pollokoff, and Phylisha Villanueva, who is the current Westchester County Poet Laureate. Will be a great afternoon of conversations, craft exercises, and readings!

Panel discussions and craft exercises from 1-3:30. Readings and book signings from 3:30-5. Come get your fill of poetry at Barat House on December 6!

10/30/2025

Inkwell 40 is here!

Full issue available at: https://www.mville.edu/english-creative-writing/creative-writing-mfa-inkwell.php.

10/01/2025

Visiting writer Mikael Awake rocked the Castle on Monday night. He gave us a sneak peek of PLAYGROUND MOVES, his forthcoming narrative history of Rucker Park and the rise of street ball. Beyond his stunning reading, he was generous in his answers to our questions about craft, process, and the writing life. Perfect first reader in our newly renamed INKWELL Reading Series. Enduring thanks to Mikael!

09/15/2025

Writer and publisher Mikael Awake kicks off our Inkwell Reading Series for the 25-26 academic year. Awake will read from Playground Moves, his narrative history of street ball forthcoming from Pantheon Books. All of our readings are free and open to the public. See you in the Castle!

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