MFA in Writing Archive

Born in New Delhi, India, Vandana Khanna is a writer, educator, and editor. She is the author of three collections of poetry, Train to Agra,...

Martha Collins has published eleven books of poetry, most recently Casualty Reports (Pittsburgh, 2022) and Because What Else Could I Do (Pittsburgh, 2019); the latter...

Jehanne Dubrow is the author of nine poetry collections and three books of creative nonfiction, including most recently Exhibitions: Essays on Art & Atrocity (New...

Christine Sneed’s most recent books include Direct Sunlight, Please Be Advised: A Novel in Memos, The Virginity of Famous Men, and Paris, He Said. She’s...

In anticipation of our winter 2025 residency—taking place on the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) campus in Valencia, CA from January 3-11, 2025—our six...

Poet, professor, VCFA MFA in Writing alumnx, and self-described “Swiftie” Kristie Frederick-Daugherty (W ’05) has dedicated her PhD thesis and her new collection, Invisible Strings:...

Tarfia Faizullah’s poems appear widely in periodicals and anthologies both in America and abroad, and have been translated into Bengali, Spanish, and Chinese. Her first...

VCFA  alumnx and former MFA in Writing faculty member Samuel Kọ́láwọlé (WP ‘19) has been shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing, “one of...

MFA in Writing student Aaron Courts started his VCFA journey at his first residency in the summer of 2024. As a new student, Courts reflected...

Sarah Seltzer is the executive editor of Lilith Magazine and a widely published journalist, critic, and essayist. Her first novel, The Singer Sisters (Flatiron) arrives...