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Susan Vespoli Publishes “My Ex-Husband Calls to Tell Me Our Son Has Been Shot By Police” in New Verse News

June 15, 2022

Congratulations to instructor Susan Vespoli, whose poem “My Ex-Husband Calls to Tell Me Our Son Has Been Shot By Police” was published in New Verse News.

Nancy Napier Publishes in Psychology Today

June 10, 2022

Congratulations to Nancy Napier, a student in our Novel Writing Intensive, whose article “Now They Tell Me: Yes, Fiction Writing is Hard!” was published in Psychology Today.

Susan Vespoli Publishes “Orange” in Rattle

June 10, 2022

Congratulations to instructor Susan Vespoli, whose poem “Orange” was published in Rattle’s Summer 2022 print issue.

Susan Vespoli publishes two poems in Anti-Heroin Chic

June 6, 2022

Congratulations to instructor Susan Vespoli, who published two poems this week in Anti-Heroin Chic. In memory of her son’s life, Susan read part of her poem “Adam Abecedarian” on YouTube here.

Susan Vespoli Reads With The Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches

June 1, 2022

On Sunday, June 12th, at 3 P.M. Eastern, instructor Susan Vespoli will read for The Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches. To receive the Zoom link (or to read yourself!), email performancepoets20@gmail.com.

Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch Publishes “Call Me Mary” in The Bluebird Word

May 26, 2022

Congratulations to Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch, whose short story “Call Me Mary” was published in The Bluebird Word. Ali wrote this piece alongside our instructor Barbara Henning.

Recording of Barbara Henning’s Brooklyn Rail Reading

May 25, 2022

If you didn’t get a chance to see instructor Barbara Henning’s live Zoom reading with Brooklyn Rail, you can watch the recording at this link.

Giovanna Siniscalchi Reaches Bestsellers List on Amazon

May 12, 2022

Congratulations to Giovanna Siniscalchi, whose historical fiction novel The True Purpose of Vines reached the bestsellers list for Spanish Literature on Amazon. Giovanna self-published her novel on April 25th after working on it alongside instructor Jack Smith.

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