Participate in a rigorous apprenticeship in the art and craft of creating literature
Develop critical faculties, understanding of literary forms, and aesthetic judgment
Build a strong foundation in the historical literary tradition and a grounding practice of the art of writing
Construct a thoughtful interdisciplinary foundation for understanding the relationship of creative writing to other arts and scholarly areas
We encourage our graduate students to become people of letters, and our goals for undergraduates are no less ambitious.
We offer a broad liberal arts education that fosters creativity, exercises communication skills, sharpens analytical perception, and encourages informed, integrated cultural viewpoints.
Studio-Academic Experience
Our BFA program provides aspiring writers an apprenticeship in writing, informed by the close study of literature among a community of professional writers.
As a studio-academic experience in writing fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction, our BFA program unites passionate people who believe the creation of art is a pursuit valuable to self and culture.