{"id":442,"date":"2022-03-11T12:29:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T12:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revisethis.wilkes.edu\/?p=442"},"modified":"2022-10-05T02:40:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T02:40:20","slug":"casting-our-shadows-behind-us-spring-soon-comes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revisethis.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2022\/03\/casting-our-shadows-behind-us-spring-soon-comes\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting Our Shadows Behind Us: Spring Soon Comes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, hello! I’m your new Revise This!<\/em> editor, and I’m thrilled to be here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though I regularly craft newsletters for my day job, this time around was quite different, and I’ll tell you why. It’s not every day that I get to call up a writer who’s been reviewed by the Washington Post <\/em>and New York Times, <\/em>someone who’s been compared to a talent as untouchable as Toni Morrison (that’s Morowa Yejid\u00e9 for you). It’s also not every day that I get to connect with fellow writers on all different kinds of journeys, folks from every background imaginable, and some (like Suzanne Ohlmann) who at one point lived in the very same neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota as I currently do. “It’s a small world . . .” as they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In gathering stories for this newsletter, I’ve realized yet again the sheer breadth of this program and all the people who’ve passed (and are passing) through it. We are fortunate to have each other. Take a moment of pause – from your day job, your writing practice, and life’s many other responsibilities – to celebrate the good work being done here in our Wilkes community. Most importantly, let’s use the inspiration as fuel to power us through our work as the seasons change again and another residency looms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hallie O’Neill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maslow Family Creative Writing Program Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Enrollment Boom (cont.)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With 22 new students in the January 2022 cohort, we officially doubled our enrollment! And best of all, we\u2019ve done so without compromising our standards: our new students, like our veteran students, are top-notch writers with excellent work ethics. Rest assured we want to maintain the intimacy of our program, so we won\u2019t get too<\/em> big \u2014 but for now, the state of our program is stronger than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master’s in Publishing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Did you know we offer a Master\u2019s Degree in Publishing? We do, and it\u2019s available to our MA or MFA graduates in only two semesters. (For everyone else, it\u2019s three semesters.) We have an extraordinary publishing faculty led by Phil Brady of Etruscan and Donna Talarico of Hippocamp, with many other publishers (Kaylie Jones of Kaylie Jones Books, Johnny Temple of Akashic Books), copywriters (Molly Pisani), and members of the Wilkes Business faculty contributing to the degree. A curriculum overview of the program is available in our handbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Tracks, and Single-Semester Independent Studies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In addition to YA, Romance, and other sub-genres, we now have Sci-Fi and Spoken Word tracks<\/strong> available to our MA students. <\/strong>But students may also study Spoken Word for a single semester as an independent study (3 credits or 6 credits, depending on the extent and depth of study) alongside their MA or MFA required courses. Or they may opt to study any of the major genres for a single semester as well. Wouldn\u2019t it be fun to write a draft of a play, screenplay, or poetry chapbook in one semester? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For that matter, students can take an independent study in Audio Drama, TV Script Writing, Graphic Novel, <\/strong>or Children\u2019s Literature. <\/strong>You name it; we can teach it. So if you are a current student, consider taking advantage of our faculty\u2019s wide-ranging talents to learn all you can about the different writing genres \u2014 because you never know what kind of writing you\u2019ll want to do in five or ten years. And if you\u2019re an alum, consider enrolling in a non-degree-seeking course, or (if you have a completed manuscript) a master class, at the discounted tuition rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AWP!<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our program is the proud premier sponsor of the AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Program) Conference<\/a><\/strong> in Philadelphia from March 23-26. All students, faculty, and alumni may obtain free registrations by contacting Patti Naumann<\/a>. If you\u2019re planning to attend, please stop by our John Wilkes Booth (couldn\u2019t resist), numbers 929\/931, to say hello. And don\u2019t forget to attend the in-person keynote address by Toi Derricotte, introduced by our own Phil Brady and sponsored by Wilkes, on Thursday evening; the virtual old-school slam at 10:00 pm on Thursday and Friday, featuring Jason Carney and Stanton Hancock (sponsored by Etruscan Press), and the in-person panel of our playwriting faculty and alumni, \u201cPage to Stage: Pathways to Production in a Virtual and In-Person World, with Bonnie Culver, Matt Hinton, Jean Klein, Rachel Strayer, and Sergio-Andreo Bettencourt Urbina, on Friday March 25 at 10:35 am (F150 <\/strong>in the AWP schedule). Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LitFest 2022!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The June residency will feature readings and craft lessons by our amazing faculty, along with the following events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n