Classy Classes: ENGLISH 190T.2, ‘Novel Writing Intensive’ Hannah Knowles October 25, 2015 0 Comments After five weeks of preparatory work, students in ENGLISH 190T.2: “Novel Writing Intensive” are poised to start writing and finish a novel in a single month — a daunting goal that will require... Read More »
Oates and Glück named as 2015 Mohr and Stein Visiting Writers Rebecca Aydin and Sam Reamer November 2, 2014 0 Comments The Stanford Creative Writing Program named National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates and U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück as the 2015 Mohr and Stein Visiting Writers. Read More »
Arts Institute’s “Imagining the Universe” initiative kicks off with visiting poet Skylar Cohen October 29, 2014 0 Comments The Stanford Arts Institute’s new yearlong Imagining the Universe initiative held its inaugural event on Tuesday night, as Princeton Professor of Creating Writing Tracy K. Smith read selections from... Read More »
Beyond the idea of “major”: The scope of the humanities at Stanford Op Ed April 8, 2014 0 Comments If a Stanford humanist is majoring in Computer science or in Human Biology, this surely represents not a loss to the University's educational mission but a fresh opportunity. This is especially so... Read More »
This is not a love letter (to Cantor Arts Center) Helen Anderson September 27, 2013 3 Comments That mansion is Cantor Arts Center, decked out with all the trimmings: marble staircases, near-deserted wings crammed full of antique artifacts, the occasional catered dinner party and, of course,... Read More »
Adam Johnson, professor of English, wins fiction Pulitzer Edward Ngai April 15, 2013 1 Comment Adam Johnson, associate professor of english, has won this year's Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," a story set in North Korea under Kim Jong-Il. The Pulitzer Prizes,... Read More »
Creative Writing Program celebrates heritage, popularity among students Josee Smith April 1, 2013 0 Comments This year marks the 50th anniversary of Stanford’s Creative Writing Program and the 67th anniversary of the Wallace Stegner Fellowship, the second-oldest fellowship of its kind in the country. Read More »
Stanford Storytelling Project plans for a new audio journal Olivia Moore December 4, 2012 0 Comments The Stanford Storytelling project produces a radio show on KZSU, sponsors courses focused on the art of storytelling, hosts events and provides grants for undergraduate students to create oral... Read More »