The creative writing program at Binghamton University is designed to foster in its students a powerful, disciplined and skilled creativity cultivated in a supportive environment. Through its dedicated faculty, students are introduced to all facets of their art — its traditions and masters, its pleasures and responsibilities, its materials and practices.
At the graduate level our program offers:
The areas of study include poetry, fiction, non-fiction,memoir and children’s literature. The program relies on writing workshops and the study of literature to encourage the development of the students as writers.
The program cultivates an active community of writers. Throughout the year, graduate students sponsor their own student readers’ series, typically held off campus at venues that attract a community audience.
The Writing by Degrees Creative Writing Conference, organized by the graduate students, attracts participants from across the nation.
Harpur Palate (HP), a student-edited literary journal, is produced on campus and attracts submissions from both well-established and emerging voices. A Reader’s Series brings writers to campus to expose students to a wide range of literary voices.
Visiting writers supplement the program offerings by teaching classes. Past visiting writers have included Ai, Marvin Bell, Hayden Carruth, Robert Creeley, Mark Doty, Stephen Dobyns, Marilyn Hacker, Marie Howe, Galway Kinnell, Li Young Lee, Carole Maso, Heather McHugh, Molly Peacock, Robert Pinsky, Richard Price, W. D. Snodgrass, Henry Taylor, Tobias Wolff and Charles Wyatt. In combination with course offerings, these activities all lead to a vibrant and challenging atmosphere.
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