MA Program
See writers who attended this programPoetry: Tonya Foster, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
Fiction: Michelle Carter, Nona Caspers, Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Carolina De Robertis, Andrew Joron, Michael David Lukas, Chanan Tigay
Creative Nonfiction: Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Chanan Tigay
Translation: Carolina De Robertis, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
Playwriting: Michelle Carter
The program offers partial funding. The program offers scholarships, the Marcus Recruitment Award, the Marcus Second Year Graduate Scholarship, the Joe Brainard Fellowship, William Dickey Fellowship, Kathryn A. Manoogian Award, the Jim Highsmith Playwriting Award, and teaching assistantships for second- or third-year students.
The program also offers concentrations in literary translation and playwriting.
The Poetry Center hosts reading series and houses the American Poetry Archives, a library of audio and video recordings available to stream online. Also available are courses on teaching and other professional training opportunities.
Rae Armantrout, Po Bronson, Ernest Gaines, Frances Mayes, Anne Rice, Robin Romm, Philip Schultz