General Info Session FA25 Thesis Students Only Thursday, October 9, 2025 5:30-6:30PM Rifkind Center, NAC 6/316 MFA faculty will speak about the process of writing a thesis. All current MFA students should attend. Monday, September 29, 2025 5:30-6:30 PM On Zoom All MFA students currently writing their thesis must attend. […]
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MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING THE RIFKIND CENTER for the Humanities and Arts present Joyce Carol Oates Photo Credit: Dustin Cohen in Conversation with Mark J. Mirsky Thursday, November 14th 6:00-7:30 pm Shepard Hall 95 Video of livestream now available Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Medal of the […]
MFA in Creative Writing at the City College of New York presents the Chai and Chat Reading Series MFA Director Michelle Valladares In Conversation with Kima Jones Author, Professor, and Literary Agent Wednesday, November 6th 6:30PM-7:30PM Rifkind Center, NAC 6/316 Join us as we discuss the stages of literary publishing […]
Professor Lyn Di Iorio has a new novelette, Maritza and Carmen, published in the fall issue of The Georgia Review. https://thegeorgiareview.com/shop/issues/fall-2024/
Professor Keith Gandal has published a new memoir: Firsthand: How I Solved a Literary Mystery and Learned to Play Kickass Tennis while Coming to Grips with the Disorder of Things. Published by Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2024. You can get 30% off the $25 cost for the paperback […]
Harlem In The Woods Retreat Stephen & Betsy Corman Harriman Outdoor Center Fri-Sun 10/4-10/6 Thesis Workshop 1 – General Information 4:00pm-5:00pm In The Rifkind Center, NAC 6/316 Wed 10/16 Thesis Workshop 2 – For Fa24 Thesis Students 4:00pm-5:00pm – On Zoom Wed 10/23 Chai and Chat With […]
We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Soraya Palmer, who teaches fiction in the MFA Program at CCNY, has just received the NYSCA/NYFA Award for Fiction. Palmer is the author of The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts. She is a Flatbush-born-and-raised writer and licensed social worker who has worked […]
Gutbucket, by Emily Raboteau At the end of the world, rituals offer a lifeline I AM A MOTHER raising Black children in New York City, which is unceded Munsee Lenape territory. Often, I am afraid for my children’s lives. Where my family lives, the storms are growing worse, and the water […]
The Deadline for Fall Applications to our Creative Writing MFA program has been extended until March 1 2024. Learn more Apply online
Professor Emily Raboteau’s launch for her new book, Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against “The Apocalypse” will be on Thursday, March 14, 7PM at The Center for Fiction.
MFA Professor Mark Mirsky, author, founder and editor of Fiction magazine and the former director of the Creative Writing Program, has a two-part interview in Collidescope this fall. Here are part one and part two.
A reading and conversation to celebrate his new book, Live in Suspense. Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 New Date Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 5:00-6:30 pm Rifkind Center, 6/316 NAC building David Groff’s third book of poems Live in Suspense, was published in 2023 from Trio House Press. He has previously published Clay, […]
Thesis Workshop #1 General Info Session Thesis Workshop #2 SP24 Thesis Students Only Thursday, February 29th, 2024 4:00-5:00PM 6/209 NAC building MFA faculty will speak about the process of writing a thesis. All current MFA students should attend. Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 4:00-5:00PM On Zoom All MFA students currently writing […]
Tuesday, February 6th, 20245:00-6:30 pmRifkind Center, 6/316 NAC building Brian Tart will discuss the publishing industry with emerging writers. Free and open to the publicSponsored by The David Dortort Fund for Creative Writing Brian Tart was named president and publisher of Viking in January 2015, and Penguin Books in 2020. […]
Roundtable Discussion, Film Screening and Award Ceremony February 1, 2024 at Aaron Davis Hall The Symposium 12:30 pm – 1:45pm Roundtable Discussion featuring The PaperFilm Screening of The Five Demands following the symposium The Ceremony: 6:00 pm – 8:00P pm Musical Performance by Ariel Reign, Memphis Music Ambassador RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/45th-annual-langston-hughes-festival-honors-colson-whitehead-tickets-798761456017 Contact Info: Black […]
