MFA in Writing Work

Dubrow's book Taste: A Series of Small Bites is forthcoming from Columbia University Press in August 2022. Structured as a series of “small bites,” Taste considers the ways that we ingest the world, how we come to know ourselves and others through the daily act of tasting. Through flavorful explorations of the sweet, the sour, the salty, the bitter, and umami, the book offers readers a series of interdisciplinary reflections on the sense of taste, often blending personal experience with analysis of poetry, fiction, the visual arts, as well as religious and philosophical texts. Taste is organized not so much as a linear dinner served in courses but as a meal consisting of meze, small plates of intensely flavored discourse. She notes, "I actually signed the contract [for Taste] in August of my first semester at VCFA, and then I wrote the book during my first and second semesters in the program (when Pat Madden and Bob Vivian were my advisors). Drafting Taste was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my writing career, in part because it was so nice to receive feedback from my advisors."

Zipter's first novel, Infraction, is forthcoming from Rattling Good Yarns Press in June 2021. She notes, "I was in the early stages of working on this book while at Vermont. Diane Lefer, Walter Wetherell, and Sydney Lea all contributed to improving this book."

Andrew Hahn's short story "Trash" as published in Pithead Chapel in April 2019. Learn more about Andrew at andrewhahn.me.

Liza Nash Taylor's short story "Mrs. Walker" won the San Miguel Writer's Conference Writing Contest in the fiction category in 2016 and was published by the conference. Learn more about Liza at lizanashtaylor.com.

Anne McGrath's short nonfiction piece "Leaving Helen" was published in the Columbia Journal on July 15, 2020. Learn more about Anne at annemcgrathwriter.com.

Current student Robert Atwood founded Dress Blues Press and its Online Journal of Military Experience, "dedicated to the brave men and women who have served our country in times of war and peace," along with current student Brent Atkinson ('22) and alumnx Christy Parrott ('11). Learn more at dressbluespress.org.

Lizzy Fox's poem "Writing" was published in The Spirit It Travels: An Anthology of Transcendent Poetry by Cosmographia Books on August 1, 2019. Learn more about Lizzy at lizzyfoxpoetry.com.

Lizzy Fox's poem "Making Light" was published in Santa Ana River Review on February 3, 2019. Learn more about Lizzy at lizzyfoxpoetry.com.

Fox's book of poetry Red List Blue is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in January 2021. Learn more about Lizzy at lizzyfoxpoetry.com.

Rosanna Gargiulo's short CNF piece "Of Gnats and Longing" (as R.S. Wynn) was published in Guesthouse volume 3 in April 2019. It was nominated for Best of the Net in September 2018 and a Pushcart Prize in December 2019, and it received an honorable mention in the 45th New Millennium Writing Awards in July 2018. Learn more about Rosanna at The Maine Review.

Rosanna Gargiulo's short CNF piece "You're Going to Be OK" (as R.S. Wynn) was published in Inscape in May 2018. It was nominated for AWP's Intro Writing Awards and was a Hippocampus"Remember in November" semi-finalist in 2017. Learn more about Rosanna at The Maine Review.

Rosanna Gargiulo's short story "Basement Miracles" (as R.S. Wynn) was published in Pithead Chapel in January 2018. It was the winner of Pithead Chapel's Larry Brown Short Story Award in December 2017, the Longform “fiction pick of the week” for January 4, 2018, and a finalist for the 45th New Millennium Writing Awards in July 2018. Learn more about Rosanna at The Maine Review.