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January 2010 Residency

Dorothy Allison reading
Ray Gonzalez workshop, poetry
Towana Wright & Helen Elaine Lee chatting
Melissa Varnavas receives her diploma
Steven Huff, fiction workshop
Mike Miner introduces Randall Kenan
Faye Rapoport DesPres receives her diploma
Krystal Oh receives her diploma
Venise Berry, fiction workshop
Soon-to-be graduate Karima Grant & alums Sara Cameron and Erika Sanders pose for Oprah
Graduating student Faye Rapoport teaching a class
Jina Simmons & guest Mary Collins engaged in discussion
Karima Grant receives her diploma
Amy Hoffman workshop, creative nonfiction
Jina Ortiz & Lisa Friedlander in class
Creative nonfiction workshop
Graduating student Melissa Varnavas
Donna Coffey & Joe Gannon sharing ideas
Meg Kearney & Tanya Whiton receiving gifts from graduating class
Graduating student Melissa Varnavas teaching a class
Special guest Melissa Stewart showing picture book illustrations
Graduating student Faye Rapoport DesPres
Carol Owens Campbell introduces Steve Huff
Graduating student Laura Snyder
David Yoo reading
Randall Kenan workshop, fiction
Randall Kenan reading
MFA Director Meg Kearney & Commencement speaker Louise Meriwether
Dean Nia Lane Chester hobnobs at the graduate reception
Dorothy Allison workshop, fiction
Kerry Beckford introduces Amy Hoffman
Dzvinia Orlowsky, poetry workshop
Commencement speaker Louise Meriwether
Special guest Ira Sadoff
Graduating student Krystal Oh
Laban Carrick Hill, writing for young people workshop
Graduating student Karima Grant
Anthony Kaczynski accompanies special guest M.L. Liebler
Special guest M.L. Liebler performs
Commencement speaker Louise Meriwether
Graduating students with Commencement speaker Louise Meriwether
January 2010 class speaker Karima Grant
Laura Snyder receives her diploma
David Yoo reading, Founder's Room
Ray Gonzalez & Mike Farrell chatting
Anne-Marie Oomen reads
Our poetry students
Another special guest

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July 2009 Residency

Graduate reader Alison McGrath
July 2009 graduates
Graduate Deborah Wood Holton
Poetry Students
Grace Lin's class on the pacing of a picture book
MFA graduate Erika Sanders
Creative Nonfiction workshop with Joy Castro
Writing for Children and Young Adults workshop with Laura Williams McCaffrey
Joy Castro reads
MFA student Laura Jones
Poetry workshop with Anne-Marie Oomen
Helen Elaine Lee, Karima Grant, and Faye Snider
Graduate reader Debbie Holton
Graduate reader Charles Boisseau
Special Guest Jeffrey Thomson reads
Sterling Watson reads
MFA students Jasen Sousa and Rick Carr
Anne-Marie Oomen's class on ekphrastic writing
Fiction workshop with Ray Gonzalez
Dzvinia Orlowsky reads
MFA student Donna Coffey
Graduates with PMC President Gloria Nemerowicz and Director Meg Kearney
Randall Kenan and MFA student Angela Foster
Graduate Linda Alcorace
Creative Nonfiction workshop
Writing for Young People students
Graduate Sara Cameron
Class speaker Erika Sanders
Kathi Aguero chatting with students
MFA students Sara Cameron and Cindy Zelman
MFA faculty, staff, and special guest Bruce Bennett
Fiction workshop with Sterling Watson
Fiction students
July 2009 graduates
Anne-Marie Oomen
Faculty/Student barbecue
Creative Nonfiction students
MFA faculty and staff
Graduate Charles Boisseau and his daughter Katherine
MFA graduates with faculty and Commencement speaker Walter Mosley
PMC President Gloria Nemerowicz
Commencement speaker Walter Mosley
Writing for Children and Young Adult workshop with Laban Carrick Hill and Grace Lin
July 2009 graduates with Commencement speaker Walter Mosley

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January 2009 Residency

Writing for Young People workshop with An Na
Graduating student Emily Van Duyne gives a reading
January, 2009 graduates
Guest Matt O'Donnell of From the Fishouse
Graduating student Kimberly Mitchell gives a reading
Program Director Meg Kearney and Commencement speaker Donald Hall
Laban Carrick Hill and graduate Kimberly Mitchell
Graduating student Faye Snider gives a reading
Venise Berry gives a reading
Poetry workshop with Terrance Hayes
Special Guest Naomi Shihab Nye gives a talk
Fiction writing workshop with Venise Berry
Graduating student Bob Miller gives a reading
Special guest Naomi Shihab Nye gives a reading
Special guest Naomi Shihab Nye gives a talk
Randall Kenan teaches a class
Steven Huff and graduate Christina Irace
Creative nonfiction workshop with Amy Hoffman
Graduating student Liza Kollman gives a reading
Terrance Hayes gives a reading
Jacqueline Woodson, graduate Maryann Jacob, and Dean Nia Lane Chester
Laure-Anne Bosselaar, graduate Danielle DeTiberus, and Dean Nia Lane Chester
Graduating student Danielle DeTiberus gives a reading
Michael Steinberg and graduate Faye Snider
Presenting faculty member Dzvinia Orlowsky
January 2009 group photo
Terrace Hayes gives a reading
Special guest Naomi Shihab Nye gives a reading
Helen Elaine Lee, graduate Richard Anderson, and Dean Nia Lane Chester
Presenting faculty, January 2009 graduation
Graduating student Richard Anderson gives a reading
Laban Carrick Hill gives a reading
Fiction writing workshop
Steve Huff teaches a class on line breaks
Randall Kenan's class on the personal essay

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First Graduation Ceremony

July 19, 2008

The graduates and their faculty mentors
The graduates
Snapping photos of the graduates
Commencement speaker Nina Crews
Asa Antoine and Ava LaRusso meet
Kirsten Blocker shows off her diploma
Poet Laure-Anne Bosselaar holds court
The graduates await their diplomas
Kirsten Blocker receives her diploma and a hug
Our poets
Director Meg Kearney, speaker Nina Crews, and PMC President Gloria Nemerowicz
Director Meg Kearney and Trooper
MFA student Alison McGrath and baby Ava
President Nemerowicz addresses the graduates
Nina Crews and YA writer An Na chat
Kathleen Aguero speaks on behalf of Kirsten Blocker
Writer-in-residence Mike Steinberg offers some parting advice to graduate John Theo Jr.
MFA students Bob Miller and Charles Boisseau
Nina Crews and YA writer Laura Williams McCaffrey chat
An Na speaks on behalf of Adam Eisenson
Adam Eisenson shows off his diploma
Fiction students

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July 2008 Residency

MFA Students, July 2008
Multi-genre writers Ray Gonzalez and Randall Kenan lead a workshop
MFA creative nonfiction students
Adam Eisenson in class
Kathi Aguero in workshop
Fiction writer Helen Elaine Lee leads a workshop
Kathleen Aguero leads a poetry workshop
MFA students, July 2008
MFA graduate John Theo Jr. teaches a class on religious allegory in Tolkien
MFA student Deborah Wood Holton reads
Fiction writer Dennis Lehane leads a workshop
Peter Wood's class on form
MFA student Ann McArdle reads
First-half MFA faculty and staff
MFA Director Meg Kearney reads
MFA students and faculty, July 2008
Poet Laure-Anne Bosselaar reads
Laure-Anne Bosselaar in workshop
MFA student Alison McGrath reads (with interpreter Adam Eisenson)
YA novelist An Na reads
YA novelist Laura Williams McCaffrey reads
MFA graduate Adam Eisenson teaches a class on scene writing
MFA student Joe Gannon reads
Fiction writer Sterling Watson leads a workshop
Graduating student John Theo Jr. reads
Bob Owczarek teaches a class on reading for performance
MFA student Towana Wright reads
Mike Steinberg and guest Lad Tobin on teaching composition and creative writing workshops
Writer-in-residence Michael Steinberg reads
MFA poetry students
Laure-Anne Bosselaar leads a poetry workshop
Roland Merullo gives a talk on the demons that keep us from writing
MFA student Jasen Sousa reads
Fiction writer and poet Steven Huff leads a workshop
Multi-genre writer Laban Carrick Hill leads a workshop
MFA student readings
MFA student Karima Grant reads
Laura Williams McCaffrey leads a workshop
MFA student Michael Farrell reads
MFA fiction students
Ray Gonzalez reads
Peter Wood teaches a class on form
Dennis Lehane in workshop
Special guest Roland Merullo reads
A panel on publishing with guests David Replogle, Esmond Harmsworth, and Mary Lee Donovan
Elizabeth Peavey gives a talk on writing about place
Agent Esmond Harmsworth and editor Mary Lee Donovan
Second-half MFA faculty, guests, and staff

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January 2008 Residency

Laban Carrick Hill teaches a class on the critical essay
Dzvinia Orlowsky reads
MFA student Debbie Holton at the mic
MFA Program staff, faculty, and students
Kathleen Aguero at the opening reception
Jacqueline Woodson gives a reading
MFA student Adam Eisenson at the mic
Joy Castro and MFA student Faye Snider at the opening reception
Sheree Renee Thomas' class on magical realism
Laban Carrick Hill's class on the critical essay
Sheree Renee Thomas' class on magical realism
MFA program intern Tiara Marchando hosts the student readings
MFA student John Theo Jr. and Kimberly Mitchell in workshop
Randall Kenan and MFA student Karima Grant at the opening reception
Randall Kenan at the opening reception
MFA student Charles Boisseau at the mic
Sheree Renee Thomas teaches a class on magical realism
Laban Carrick Hill and Kathleen Aguero at the opening reception
MFA Program faculty and staff
MFA students Laura Snyder and Karima Grant having a chat
Dzvinia Orlowsky teaches a class on prose poems versus flash fiction
Sheree Renee Thomas giving a reading
MFA students Erika Sanders, Richard Anderson, and Laura Snyder
Dzvinia Orlowsky's class on prose poems versus flash fiction
MFA student John Theo Jr. at the mic
Sandra Scofield in workshop
MFA student Melissa Varnavas and Kirsten Blocker chatting
Laban Carrick Hill's class on the critical essay

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July 2007 Residency

Faculty member Randall Kenan
Faculty and students, July 2007
Faculty member Dennis Lehane
Faculty member Sterling Watson
MFA student Kirsten Blocker from Massachusetts
MFA student Maryann Jacob from New York
MFA student Emily VanDuyne from California
Faculty member Laura Williams McCaffrey
Faculty member Helen Elaine Lee
MFA student Adam Eisenson from North Carolina
MFA student Faye Snider from Massachusetts
MFA student Kimberly Mitchell from Arkansas

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January 2007 Reception

MFA faculty Terrance Hayes and MFA student Bob Miller
Faculty, students, and staff
Faculty, students, and staff
Faculty, students, and staff
Faculty, students, and staff

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July 2006 Residency

Our inaugural class and a few founding faculty members
Our workshops are intimate with plenty of time for individual attention
Fiction students during a workshop conducted by Dennis Lehane (far right)
Fiction students listening to Roland Merullo's session titled "The Demons that Keep You from Writing"
Guest Jean Trounstine (far left) conducts a session titled "Changing Lives Through Literature"
An Na in workshop
Novelist and creative nonfiction writer Roland Merullo teaches a fiction workshop
Faculty member An Na (right) during a writing for children and young adults workshop
Faculty, staff, and students from our inaugural class
MFA student Maryann Jacob in workshop
Faculty member Kathleen Aguero (left) leads a poetry workshop