Stonecoast writers program

Contact Us. Make a Gift. Stonecoast's two-year low-residency model brings the craft of writing to your life -- write where you are. Susan Conley teaches fiction and creative non-fiction and loves to "water writers emerge from Stonecoast emboldened. Meaningful Relationships Poet Martin Espada says he appreciates "the opportunity to learn from the experiences of his students.

Meaningful Relationships: Learn More. Stonecoast Alumni in the World Stonecoast MFA alumni are achieving success in the literary community in many ways, including publishing with the Big Five, performing, advocating, and teaching the next generation of writers. Stonecoast Alumni in the World: Read More. Previous Slide Next Slide. Seuss grew up.

Opening the door to a local bookstore, I once nearly smashed into the poet James Tate and a group of his students. Recently waiting to pay for a futon cover at a furniture store, I found Jonathan Harr in line front of me in line. This is not the same as editing your work.

Shifting the point of view from first to third is an editorial change. Rewriting the material so that the protagonist becomes a secondary character and the antagonist becomes the protagonist is a revision. Photo by Helen Peppe www. Graduating with any degree can be a time of nervousness as well as excitement, but when your degree is in fine art, particularly the fine art of writing, sometimes nerves can outweigh the joy of accomplishment. The summer after I finished graduate school, I sank into a deep self-questioning funk.

What did I do now? Where could I turn for advice? In my line of work, I spend a lot of time talking to people. Last Monday, I rode a snowmobile for about miles along the Canadian border with a hardcore libertarian bear hunting guide.

Earlier in the winter, I spent several afternoons in an old church in Portland, talking to Reverend Jeanette Good about the role of faith in the least religious state in America Maine. The most interesting interview of the year: speaking Spanish with a Cuban man who makes transatlantic voyages on ft. We drank coffee, in a diner, in the easternmost town in America. Stonecoast Faculty David Anthony Durham listens during a faculty presentation.

Stonecoast alum Quenton Baker offers the community of friends, faculty, and former classmates his poetry during the alumni reading. Alumna Helen Peppe signs books after the alumni reading.

Stonecoast Faculty and long-time friends Elizabeth Searle and Suzanne Strempek Shea stop for a moment to offer a smile for the camera! Graduate Andrea Lani delivers a student commencement speech. Congrats, Andrea! A view of the Stone House, a source of creative inspiration for students and faculty alike!

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