Join us at the Prothro Theatre inside the Ransom Center on Thursday, December, 1st at 6pm for a reading with Mary Szybist and Amy Hempel.
Event: Reading with MCW Fall Faculty – Mary Szybist and Amy Hempel
Event: Reading with Joy Harjo on November 10th, 7pm
Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate in 2019—first Native American to hold the position and only the second person to serve three terms in the role. Harjo’s nine books of poetry include An American Sunrise, Conflict Resolution for …
National Book Award Finalists Include MCW Alum & UT Faculty Roger Reeves
Event: Reading with Uwem Akpan on September 8th
Nigerian writer Uwem Akpan (New York, My Village and Say You’re One of Them) will read from his latest work in this talk co-sponsored by the Michener Center for Writers and the Harry Ransom Center. Akpan’s fiction and autobiographical pieces have appeared in The New Yorker and The Guardian, and O, The Oprah Magazine, among …
MCW Alum Chessy Normile Awarded Ronald Wallace Poetry Fellowship at WICW
Michener poetry alum Chessy Normile (MFA ’19) was named 2022-2023 Ronald Wallace Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. Congratulations, Chessy!
MCW Alum Minghao Tu Named Van Lier Fellow and Jerome Fellow
MCW playwriting alum Minghao Tu (MFA ’20) will join Rattlestick Theater as a Van Lier New Voices Fellow. Minghao was also named a Playwrights’ Center’s 2022-2023 Jerome Fellow. Congratulations, Minghao!
MCW Alum Rachel Heng Named NEA Fellow for 2022
Michener fiction alum Rachel Heng (MFA ’20) was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for Creative Writing. Congratulations, Rachel! Read more about Rachel and the NEA here.
MCW Graduation Readings in May!
The Michener Center is thrilled to celebrate our classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 this May! Please join us for three public readings (5/7, 5/13, and 5/14) at the Harry Ransom Center (HRC). Details for each reading below. Reading for the Class of 2022 May 7, 2022 Place: The Harry Ransom Center (HRC) …
MCW Alum Nathan Harris’ Debut Novel Chosen for Oprah’s Book Club
Nathan Harris’ debut novel The Sweetness of Water is the latest pick for Oprah’s Book Club. Watch Nathan’s appearance alongside Oprah Winfrey on CBS This Morning.
Michener Fellow Bev Chukwu Wins BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Michener Fellow Beverly Chukwu’s screenplay, “Prince of Lavendale Street,” was named Feature Winner in the 2021 BlueCat Screenplay Competition! Winners receive a cash prize and have their scripts forwarded to managers, agents, and other industry members. Congratulations, Bev!