Northwestern University's MA in Writing & MFA in Prose and Poetry Programs

06/23/2026

Happy publication day to MFA alumnus Devin O'Shea! His new book, THE VEILED PROPHET, is out today from the great Haymarket Books!

Haymarket Books: books for changing the world.

06/08/2026

Sharing an interview with one of our creative nonfiction faculty, Donna Seaman, about her most recent book, RIVER OF BOOKS. This interview originally appeared in Newcity Lit and was conducted by faculty director Christine Sneed - republished recently in Sneed's Substack, BOOKISH.

Her newest is River of Books: A Life in Reading

06/08/2026

New and recent books by our graduate creative writing faculty - EVERY EXIT BRINGS YOU HOME - Naeem Murr; DEFIANT ACTS - James Stewart; HOW TO WALK ON WATER - Rachel Swearingen; RIVER OF BOOKS - Donna Seaman; SCARED VIOLENT LIKE HORSES - John McCarthy; WRECK YOUR HEART - Lori Rader-Day!

05/27/2026

This Friday, May 29, 2026 join MFA fiction alumnus Ignatius Valentine Aloysius for a book launch at 7 pm at Roscoe Books in Chicago.

His second collaborative poetry collection is Everything I Touch Is—& Isn’t—You (Roadside Press), a collaboration with recent Santa Cruz, CA poet laureate David Allen Sullivan! Also featuring Carlos Cumpián, Faylita Hicks, and Nina Sudhakar!

05/16/2026

Last night’s MFA faculty reading with .stewart312 John McCarthy 🖊️📚!!

05/04/2026

MA & MFA Faculty Reading
Next Friday, May 15!
6:30 PM
In-person at The Book Cellar
4736 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago
Northwestern University School of Professional Studies
Featuring Rachel Swearingen JJames Stewart Donna Seaman, Naeem Murr & John McCarthy, hosted by Christine Sneed- please join us for a convivial literary event!

04/18/2026

Congratulations to fiction faculty member Laurie Lawlor who won the Society of Midland Authors' Children's Reading Round Table Award for her nonfiction book Many Voices: Building Erie, the Canal That Changed America!

Building Erie, The Canal That Changed America

04/16/2026

There's still time to apply for classes starting in September 2026! Our next admissions deadline for the MA in Writing & the MFA in Prose & Poetry is July 15.



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