🔥EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT🔥 Want to see me IRL, for free? I’ll be at the Library of Congress’ National Book Festival in Washington DC on August 24! Come talk to me about COMPOUND FRACTURE, YA thrillers as a way to discuss real social issues, and more! newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-o…

Need something to read? Check out MFA alum Rajpreet Heir’s essay in Los Angeles Review of Books about Asian American memoirs! lareviewofbooks.org/article/some-o…

NEW ARTICLE 🚨 MFA fiction student Lyz Duesterhoeft puts storytelling skills to use for science. Check it out here! creativewriting.gmu.edu/articles/20948

and what if I said I had more books coming out with Peachtree Teen? TWO more books about morally-grey, bloody-mouthed autistic trans boys, coming in 2026 and 2027. I cannot WAIT for y’all to meet Morgan and Blythe 🙏🔥

Check out this feature by MFA alum Lloyd Wallace!

It’s true! BARDS is hosting my COMPOUND FRACTURE launch! Learn more, sign up, and preorder the book here!: bardsalley.com/eventsba.html (you’ll have to scroll a lil, but that’s okay)

Hey! My new craft essay is here! It’s about preposition usage in poetry. Dive into the minutiae with me! poetry.arizona.edu/blog/anxiety-o…

It's the first day of the Fall semester! What class are you most excited for? Let us know!

OKAY!!! 6 days from launch and we’re #24 in YA, #157 overall 🙏😵‍💫✨ can we keep this up, or—

Come out tonight to the Oakton Library to celebrate the launch of MFA alum Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️'s third novel!

Congratulations to MFA Alum Jessica Anthony! Her book, The Most, was longlisted for the National Book Award! Check out the full longlist here: nationalbook.org/2024-national-…

Congratulations to George Mason Creative Writing alum, Jessica Anthony (MFA '04), whose latest novel, Most, has been longlisted for the National Book Award! 📚💚💛 🔗Read more: chss.gmu.edu/articles/21205

The next writer in the Fall 2024 Visiting Writer's Series is Aaron Burch (@Aaron__Burch)! This event, part of the Fall for the Book Festival, will take place on October 16 at 6 p.m. in the Fenwick Library Reading Room. For more information, click here! creativewriting.gmu.edu/events/15980

“We value literary citizenry and ways to live a literary life or build a career in the arts that nourish not only your own soul but also the souls of others,” writes Gregg Wilhelm of George Mason Creative Writing. Read AWP’s new Creative Writing Currently post today! awpwriter.org/AWP/Magazine-M…

TOMORROW: Come out to our Mason Creative Writing Open House to find out about our program! RSVP for a spot here: creativewriting.gmu.edu/events/16374

The final writer in the Fall 2024 Visiting Writers Series is poet Don Mee Choi this Thursday, November 21! The reading and conversation will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Fenwick Library Reading Room. Find more information here: creativewriting.gmu.edu/events/15986

The Spring 2025 Visiting Writers have been announced! Coming this Spring are writers Catherine Barnett (Poetry), Mary-Alice Daniel (Poetry), Mako Yoshikawa (Nonfiction), and Sam Ashworth (Fiction). Find out more about these writers here: creativewriting.gmu.edu/articles/21356