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  • Celebrating the Class of 2020

    As this extraordinary academic year comes to a close, the MFA for Poets and Writers celebrates and congratulates every member of the class of 2020.

    We are so proud of you and all you have achieved!

  • Ocean Vuong Named 2019 MacArthur Fellow

    Our very own Ocean Vuong has been named one of 26 new fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The MacArthur "genius" grant is awarded to artists, writers, scientists, designers, activists, and others—it honors "extraordinary originality" and comes with a no-strings-attached grant of $625,000, to be distributed over five years.

    Congratulations, Ocean!

  • The Program

    Among the oldest and most respected MFA programs in the country, the MFA for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a three-year program dedicated to writing workshops and the completion of a book-length manuscript in prose or poetry. The MFA for Poets and Writers champions the creation of new and important writing, and for over fifty years has been a place for writers to concentrate on their work and to write their books.

News

Juniper Initiative for Arts and Action Receives $8,300 Grant from the Mass Cultural Council

January 19, 2021

The Juniper Initiative for Arts and Action is pleased to announce receipt of an $8,300 grant from the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, through its Cultural Investment Portfolio Program. The...

Film Adaptation Announced for Ocean Vuong's "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous"

December 28, 2020

Plans were recently announced for a film adaptation of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, the best-selling debut novel by Ocean Vuong, associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst....

Gabriel Bump (MFA '17) Awarded the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

November 24, 2020

Gabriel Bump (MFA '17) has been awarded the 2020 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. This prestigious award honors Louisiana’s revered storyteller, Ernest J. Gaines, and serves to...

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2020 Alumni Publications

Marie Buck. Unsolved Mysteries. Roof, 2020.

Gabriel Bump. Everywhere You Don’t Belong. Algonquin, 2020.

Melissa Caruso. The Obsidian Tower. Orbit Books, 2020.

Carol Ann Davis. The Nail in the Tree: Essays on Art, Violence, and Childhood. Tupelo Press, 2020.

Lawrence Giffin. Untitled, 2004. After Hours Editions, 2020.

Brian Henry. Permanent State. Threadsuns Press, 2020.

Valerie Martin. I Give It to You. Nan A. Telese, 2020.

Michael Robins. People You May Know. Saturnalia Books, 2020.

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