Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Creative Writing http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/810/creative-writing/ Great Spirit]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:15:00 -0500 For the boss-employee edition of the popular game show Wipeout, USC Dornsife undergraduate Matt Schaefer and supervisor Tom Studdert beat out 84,000 applications to face the gauntlet.]]> Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:30:00 -0500 The playwright and director of USC Dornsife’s Master of Professional Writing program will use the fellowship to work on a new play about poet Phillis Wheatley, the first African American woman to publish her writing.]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:42:00 -0500 The inaugural USC Writers Conference takes place Friday and features USC Dornsife faculty. The all-day event is the kick-off to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC April 21 and 22.]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:11:00 -0500 Bonnie Nadzam, who graduated from the Literature and Creative Writing Ph.D. program in 2011, has been awarded the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize for her book, Lamb.]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:31:00 -0500 The March 2012 issue of Poetry magazine will feature the poem "Sleep Log" written by Alain Borer and translated into English by Mark Irwin. Over the course of their friendship, the two USC Dornsife professors have translated each other's poetry into French and English.]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:43:00 -0500 The non-profit publisher of Asian and Pacific Islander diasporic literature, housed in USC Dornsife’s Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, brings innovative fiction, poetry and critical essays to the public.]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:22:00 -0500 The poem by USC Dornsife's Carol Muske-Dukes about "leaning up into love" will be performed in a musical composition by Reena Esmail.]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:51:00 -0500 William Wordsworth. Eric Clapton. Jane Austen. Bob Dylan. Grammy Award-winning music producer Rob Cavallo ’85 credits his knack for recognizing greatness to studying the literary classics.]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:28:00 -0500 Katherine Montgomery Montclair, New Jersey Creative Writing A woman walking briskly down the street. A man donning a fedora. These uncomplicated sights inspire Katherine Montgomery in her fiction writing. Montgomery realized her...]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:50:00 -0500 Carol Muske-Dukes, USC Dornsife professor of English and creative writing, will read from Twin Cities and Crossing State Lines: An American Renga during the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:00:00 -0500 USC Dornsife alumna Téa Obreht has won Britain’s Orange Prize for fiction for her debut novel The Tiger's Wife.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:58:00 -0500 During Maymester, poets from USC Dornsife immersed themselves in the culture of the City of Light and emerged stronger writers.]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:29:00 -0500 Carol Muske-Dukes, professor of English and creative writing in USC Dornsife and California’s poet laureate, will participate in three events during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books — all on Saturday, April 30. During one, she will read from her new book of poetry, Twin Cities, which will be available at the festival.]]> Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:40:00 -0500 Author, screenwriter and USC College alumnus Eric Garcia follows his imagination wherever it leads.]]> Thu, 20 May 2010 10:56:00 -0500 The ride was intensely personal, deeply hilarious and wildly inspiring.]]> Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:37:00 -0500 Author Brad Thor ’92 goes the extra 7,000 miles researching his multi-leveled, action-packed novels.]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:13:00 -0500 Three creative writing alumni share tales about how they carved their niche in the written word.]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:53:00 -0500