It is Day 1 of the Rainier Writing Workshop annual residency and I am plugged in and Zoom-ready! Although it is a shame that we cannot gather together on campus this year due to the prevailing pandemic, the next ten days promise to be a welcome (virtual) immersion in all things literary. I am feeling […]
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Happy to be back at my literary home, the Rainier Writing Workshop.
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I’m so thankful for the continued support of the AWP Writer to Writer Mentorship Program, and truly appreciate the way they continue to celebrate past participants! Please check out the News & Celebrations page of the AWP website for updates about the program alumni.
Some highlights from the past two days at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference: I heard Tarfia Faizullah, Ansel Elkins and Cindy King read from their powerful work; participated in Tarfia’s poetry workshop; heard an in-depth panel discussion between Safia Elhillo and Iris Law; met some wonderful women writers; had great discussions over food and drinks,
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Excited to be a part of the incoming cohort at the Rainier Writing Workshop’s Summer 2018 Residency. What an inspiring start it has been! Looking forward to the upcoming days of learning.
Today’s the day! I’m excited to share that I am now officially starting my journey in the low-residency MFA program at the Rainier Writing Workshop. Over the next three years, I will be studying and working towards a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. I’m also deeply thankful and honored to have been
Happy to share that I’m one of the mentees selected to participate in the Fall 2017 session of AWP’s Writer to Writer Mentorship Program. It is such an honor to work with my mentor—the wonderful poet and writer; warm, encouraging, and inspiring advisor—Shikha Saklani Malaviya! My gratitude to the Association of Writers & Writing Programs for
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I’m glad to be in Ripton, Vermont as a general contributor in poetry at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference 2017. It was a beautiful day today, up here at the mountain. So much to look forward to! Workshop meetings, craft classes, lectures, readings, the Robert Frost picnic, and more! I’m excited, a bit nervous too;
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Hello there! A few gentle nudges by friends and some queries from well-wishers inquiring about my absence have brought me back here to the blog after a brief hiatus. To answer the most pertinent question–yes, I have been writing in the interim. The majority of my time and effort has been devoted to reading, working
I am glad to be back here at the blog after a brief hiatus. The time away was well spent—studying, practicing, and immersing myself in a small online community of poetry students. Led by an enthusiastic and committed teacher, our group read over a hundred poems by a varied selection of poets and studied the
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