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“This Fall’s Most Anticipated Young Adult Novels.” (The Kirkus review read, in part: “Engaging, perceptive, witty and at times gut-wrenchingly sad—this is an extraordinary addition to fiction for teens and adults alike.”) We caught up with Mesrobian, who teaches creative writing at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis; here she shares her reaction to literary success, her writing approach—and why attending PLU’s RWW was like “going to Hogwarts.” Q: Your first book, 2013’s Sex & Violence, won the
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unique experience that is RWW.”We admit writers of various aesthetic dispositions, from a variety of personal and professional backgrounds, from all parts of the country. Writing that deeply inquires into the world and the self, that is thoughtfully utilizing craft, that is beautiful and complex and passionate – this is what we look for in the work being done by our participants. Literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are the main emphases of the program, though many of our alumni have published in
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presentation, which you can watch in its entirety below. Many thanks to Kate Drazner Hoyt and Emily Groseclose for their editorial talents! Josie Emmons Turner, poetJosie Emmons Turner is a poet, educator, traveler and art lover. In 2011-2013 she served as Tacoma Poet Laureate and her poetry has been published in High Shelf Press, California Quarterly, Floating Bridge Review, Creative Colloquy, and other journals and anthologies. In addition to writing poetry, she has also written fiction and non-fiction
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Tongue Dry,” and co-editor of Closer to Liberation: A Pina/xy Activist Anthology. She received a BA in History and Science from Harvard and an MFA in fiction and nonfiction from the Rainier Writing Workshop. Jen is also a co-founder of the cultural democracy institutions, MediaJustice and ReFrame. Originally from a landlocked part of the Chicago area, Jen now lives with her family in Seattle, near the Duwamish River and the Salish Sea. Her debut book, Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing, is now
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, she recalls that she also discovered her confidence and passion for fiction writing as an undergraduate. “I wasn’t counting on was how much PLU would help foster my future in writing as well as teaching,” she says. “It wasn’t until I found success and received encouragement from my professors in the several writing courses I took while at PLU that I started thinking of writing as something more than an enjoyable hobby.” After graduating from PLU, Walton headed straight to graduate school at
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of the Apocalypse: End Times and Resilience in Contemporary Mexico,” Villoro is perhaps that nation’s keenest political commentator. During his subsequent, more intimate session with students and faculty members, Villoro addressed a wide range of issues that included Mexico’s recent history of drug cartel violence, its representation in his fiction, as well as a more general discussion on literature. The gathered students, some of whom have been reading Villoro’s short fiction in Professor
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-acquisition for translating or other specific research that would benefit their thesis. Led local writing workshops in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; designed courses for the Attic Institute; developed creative writing courses at the college and high school levels; worked as Writers in the Schools; taught writing in a prison in Mexico; taught writing to at-risk youth. Others supported literacy/literary events in their communities: founded local reading/open mic series; curated a reading series
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Post-MFA MentorshipsThe Rainier Writing Workshop has now produced a critical mass of graduates, many of whom have published books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. These books were often the creative theses that the graduates completed in their final year in the program. For others, the creative thesis is a foundational iteration of work that will be developed into publication-worthy manuscripts. The Rainier Writing Workshop is committed to helping its alumni with their writing and
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Law and Government JOSHUA ORF-RODRIGUEZ (2010) Assistant Attorney General, Washington State Attorney General’s Office Majors: English, Literature Concentration; Classics Minor: Religion Graduate Degree: Juris Doctorate, University of Washington School of Law, 2015 How did your English major establish a foundation for your career path? A dirty little secret about being a lawyer is that a large part of it is writing what are basically persuasive essays to the court, a client, or opposing counsel
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