MFA Org Presents: Local and Emerging Writers Series with Claire Luchette

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March 7, 2023 at 12:45 pm-1:45 pm – The MFA Org’s Local and Emerging Writers Series presents a reading by Claire Luchette, author of the novel Agatha of Little Neon and a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree. About the author Currently, Claire lives in New York, where they’re the 2022-3 Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellow at the NYPL’s Cullman Center for Scholars […]

RESCHEDULED TBD: Writers in Camden: Davon Loeb and Shawn R. Jones.

April 12, 2023-May 31, 2023 at 7:00 pm-8:30 pm – While we had to cancel the original event for April 12, it will be rescheduled for later this spring. Once event details are final, we will send out the time, date, and location information.  Register for updates below:   About this event’s speakers: Rutgers–Camden MFA alumni Davon Loeb and Shawn R. Jones read from their […]

MFA Org Presents: Local & Visiting Writers Series with Sam Heaps

September 26, 2023 at 12:45 pm-1:45 pm – The MFA Org’s Local & Visiting Writers Series welcomes Sam Heaps, who will present the workshop “Chemical Bonding.” Contradiction is inherently infuriating and arousing. In this workshop we will harness the power of difference through the careful organization of oddities to propulse story, compel readers, and add meaning and a shared purpose to every distinct […]

MFA Org Presents: Local & Visiting Writers Series with Caleb Johnson

October 10, 2023 at 12:45 pm-1:45 pm – The MFA Org’s Local & Visiting Writers Series welcomes Caleb Johnson, who will give a talk titled “Telling Fact from Fiction: Using Autobiography and Research in the Novel.” In Caleb’s words: “I’ll discuss how in order to write and revise the novel I’m working on at the moment I had to reimagine my relationship with […]

MFA Program Information Session: October 17

October 17, 2023 at 12:00 pm-1:00 pm – Join the faculty, staff, and students of the Rutgers-Camden MFA program for a virtual meet and greet and info session. Get application tips and learn about degree requirements, opportunities during the program, and what it’s really like to be a student at Rutgers. Register below for login information.  Note: the November 14 info session will […]

Writers in Camden: Shawn R. Jones & Davon Loeb

October 18, 2023 at 6:00 pm-7:00 pm –             Rutgers–Camden MFA alumni Shawn R. Jones and Davon Loeb will read from their work.    Shawn R. Jones was born in Hartford, Connecticut and grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She is a 2023 Civitella Ranieri Fellow, and her poetry collection, Date of Birth, has won the 2022 Lexi […]