MFA Alumnus Phillip Morris ’14 novel ‘Mussels’ will be translated and published in France by Editions Finitude, under the title ‘Mister Alabama.’ Morris’ novel was described by Swampland.com as “…a …
For Matt Burrell, Converse College’s low-residency MFA program has allowed him to pursue a master’s degree while working on a fictionalized account of his deployment in Iraq. “It’s gone from …
Discover why Publishers Weekly named the Converse College Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing “a program to watch” in 2015. Join us at our Open House information session on May …
In the Garden of Stone by Converse professor Susan Tekulve received a gold medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards – known as the IPPYs – as the best novel published …
Converse College’s MFA program and Hub City Press announced a new collaborative venture, the C. Michael Curtis Publishing Fellowship, during the MFA program’s January residency session on the Converse campus. …
Only a few minutes with Converse College MFA graduate Sonja Coppenbarger will make you wonder whether you’ve stepped back a few centuries. She’s a bassoonist – raise your hands if …
The Converse College Visiting Writers Series welcomes Poet Peter Schmitt, the 2012 Julia Peterkin Award winner, for a reading on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. in the Bain Room …
Olmstead’s most recent book, The Coldest Night, was published in April. Publishers Weekly called it “(An) elegiac, gritty coming-of-age novel, powerful, desolate and well crafted.” It was chosen as an …
Washington Monthly has released its annual ranking of colleges based on “their contribution to the public good,” with Converse as the #3 Master’s University in the nation. The magazine, which …