Creative Writing

Master of Fine Arts

The Roosevelt MFA in Creative Writing strives to provide its students with the best in creative teaching provided by instructors with strong credentials both in the classroom and in their respective literary fields. Work towards the degree gives students the opportunity to build a literary community that will last well beyond the Roosevelt experience, nurturing the writer for a lifetime. Students are encouraged to find their own style and voice, build self-discipline, learn advanced aspects of craft, and ground themselves in the literary tradition through critical reading of modern and contemporary authors as well as those of earlier periods. Through extensive internship opportunities, Roosevelt students are able to gather real-world experience in careers that will help sustain their writing after the degree. In all, the Roosevelt MFA offers students an intensive writing experience, a laboratory in which to grow the skills necessary to sustain a lifetime of writing, and multiple connections to the professional world outside the university.

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The Roosevelt End of Semeter Reading is TOMORROW

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:22:00 +0000

Yep,  ol' Poochie isn't lying to you- another Roosevelt MFA semester is rapidly coming to a close.  While this news understandably provokes a base amount of melancholy because some members of the RU community are moving on, and there will be a few months where this blog won't regularly dispense hastily- photoshopped basset hound pictures, don't despair! Tomorrow night at 7 PM, the Book Cellar will play host to the Roosevelt MFA End of Semester Reading.

Come hear the earth-shattering fiction, hail-provoking non-fiction, and volcano-erupting poetry that Roosevelt students have been writing recently. A great way to cap off a storied semester.
 

You said it, Poochie.  You said it.

See you there, friend!

Christina Kloess Wins Audience Favorite at Chicago Literary Guild Showcase!

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:56:00 +0000

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