We want to give a huge congratulations to alum Christine Robbins, whose poem "A Partial Account of the Trees" was named the Missouri Review's 2023 Poem of the Year! Read it here: buff.ly/4bHSBOl #RWW #PLU #MFA

I'm grateful to the Yale Review for including my poem in their terrific summer issue... yalereview.org/article/rick-b…

Congratulations to faculty member and alum Matt Young on the release of his latest book, End of Active Service! Learn more and order your copy here: buff.ly/4c1zMG0 #RWW #PLU #MFA

"Today’s prayer is my body pressed / against your body." Read 8 poems from KELLI RUSSELL AGODON (Kelli Russell Agodon) featured in ONLY POEMS: onlypoems.net/kragodon/poems

The Summer 2024 issue of Soundings is live! You'll find a beautiful essay from Geffrey Davis as well as interviews with RWW cofounder Stan Rubin and with new faculty member Aram Mrjoian. Check it out here: buff.ly/3XVb9qp

“We believed in the mind. We recruited people who didn’t want to be on a ‘ladder’—not jockeying for position as you so often see in academia.” Read more about the founding of #RWW in our interview with cofounder Stan Rubin. buff.ly/3WhmzDT #MFA #PLU

"Maybe you-the-artist begin struggling to resist a new urge to reach, to know differently the wind that can be heard and almost seen now against a world that continues falling away beyond the openness . . ." Read more of Geffrey Davis's essay at buff.ly/4cQmfRV

“I kind of had to build myself up as a writer from scratch and that never would have happened without a willingness to balance different roles and learning experiences.” Read our interview with new faculty Aram Mrjoian here: buff.ly/3zAkdqC #MFA #RWW #PLU

Please join us TONIGHT in the Scandinavian Center at #PLU for a free reading from Aram Mrjoian and Brian Teare as we kick off our 2024 residency. #RWW24 #RWW #MFA

Join us tonight at the #PLU Scandinavian Center, 7:30 p.m., for a FREE reading from Geffrey Davis and Sequoia Nagamatsu! #RWW2024 #MFA #RWW

Join us for Day 3 of our residency's free public reading series at the #PLU Scandinavian Center. Tonight we'll hear from Wendy Call and torrin a. greathouse. #MFA #RWW2024 #RWW

Today is Day 4 of our #RWW summer residency! Join us in the #PLU Scandinavian Center tonight for a free reading from authors Barrie Jean Borich, Jen Soriano, and Matt Young. #MFA #RWW2024

We're taking a much-needed break tonight, but be sure to come back to #PLU tomorrow evening for a special reading from Jennifer Foerster, Brenda Miller, and Renee Simms. #RWW24 #RWW #MFA

We're back from our break, and we're ready for more inspirational craft talks and readings! Join us at 7:30 PM in the #PLU Scan Center for a reading from contributors to our craft anthology, The Next Draft: Jennifer Foerster, Brenda Miller, and Renee Simms. #RWW24 #RWW #MFA

Join us tonight at the #PLU Scandinavian Center for a reading from special guests Marie Mutsuki Mockett and Stephanie Reents. #MFA #RWW24 #RWW

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Join us in the #PLU Scandinavian Center tonight as we hear from guests Michael Dumanis and Salvatore Scibona. #RWW #RWW24 #MFA

Join us at 7:30 PM at the #PLU Scandinavian Center to celebrate the 20th anniversary of #RWW. We'll hear Rick Barot, and Scott Nadelson and Marjorie Sandor will read work from RWW co-founders Stan Rubin and Judith Kitchen. #MFA #RWW24

This afternoon, we celebrate the class of 2024 with a graduate reading followed by our graduation ceremony! Speakers will include Rick Barot, Joanna Gregson, and Kelli Russell Agodon. #RWW24 #RWW #MFA #PLU

Congratulations to this year's graduates of the Rainier Writing Workshop! 🎉 Graduates received their Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the conclusion of The Rainier Writing Workshop's summer intensive, a 10-day residency packed with workshops, classes and community. #LutesMakeItHappen