First-year fiction candidate, Charlotte Bhaskar, is featured in the Winter 2013 issue of Goblin Fruit.  Her poem, "It Is Winter and Everything Is Cold, Thinks Robber Girl" is Charlotte's first publication!

Congratulations, Charlotte!

Our faculty director and poetry professor Brenda Hillman and alumna Rusty Morrison (poetry, '99) will read at Studio One Presents--The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral.

Thursday, February 21st @ 7:00 PM

Beverages and snacks will be served.
The event starts promptly @ 7:00 PM

Studio One Arts Center:
365 45th St 
Oakland, CA 94609
http://goo.gl/maps/FBfZC

Fiction professor, Lysley Tenorio, interviewed by the Inquirer who recognized Monstress as one of the Top 10 books of 2012.

Our MFA Italian Villa Raffle has popped in the Moraga City Newsletter, "Moraga Happenings"! Thanks Ellen Beans.

Raffle tickets are still for sale. Get yours before they sell out! Prize comes with airline mile. Be sure to check out the fantastic runner-up prizes. The Raffle benefits the MFA Scholarship Fund. www.stmarys-ca.edu/mfaraffle

The MFA Program's literary events are always free and open to the public, so please join us Moraga residents!

Creative nonfiction candidate, Michael Sakoda, writes about Gael men's basketball in the Lamorinda Weekly.

Creative Nonfiction Candidate, Elaina Martinez, writes for Diablo Magazine. Check out her story, "Children of Grace’s Necklaces for Charity."

The Los Angeles Public Library names professor of fiction Lysley Tenorio's Monstress one of the best fiction books of the year.

Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program Professor Lysley Tenorio's book, Monstress was selected by Slate as one of the top 20 overlooked books you should've read for 2012.