Think working motherhood is a modern struggle? Try doing it in a corset. In What Can the 18th Century Teach Us About Working Motherhood? on the Rutgers–Camden Faculty Blog, Ellen Malenas Ledoux—associate professor and chair of the Department of English and Communication, which houses the Creative Writing MFA and English and Media Studies MA programs—traces… continue reading
Award-winning author and Rutgers–Camden Creative Writing MFA alumnus Michael Deagler joins Chancellor Antonio D. Tillis in this episode of On Point with Tillis. Deagler’s debut novel, Early Sobrieties, received the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and has been praised as “an exquisitely honest, humorous, and poignant depiction of life on the far side of addiction.”… continue reading
The Catastrophes, the debut chapbook by Rutgers–Camden MFA alum Marie Scarles, has been described as a powerful meditation on the aftermaths we live through—industrial, environmental, emotional. The poems trace what’s been left behind and what refuses to disappear, moving through landscapes shaped by labor, illness, memory, and ruin. Scarles examines what it means to keep… continue reading
In this Voices of Rutgers-Camden spotlight, the Creative Writing MFA program is highlighted as a place where writers come together to challenge and inspire one another. For Sienna Zeilinger, Program Coordinator for the Writer’s House and an MFA alum, the sense of community was one of the most impactful parts of her experience. Related to… continue reading
We are proud to celebrate Creative Writing MFA alum Isaac Blum for the inclusion of his novel, The Judgment of Yoyo Gold, on Kirkus Reviews’ Best Teen & YA Fiction of 2024 list. Released on October 15, 2024, the novel follows Yocheved “Yoyo” Gold, a thoughtful Orthodox Jewish teen, as she navigates family responsibilities, friendship,… continue reading
An accomplished poet and entrepreneur, Shawn R. Jones is a proud alumna of Rutgers–Camden’s MFA in Creative Writing program. Her debut poetry collection, Date of Birth, earned the 2022 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry. Jones’s work has been featured in publications such as Tri-Quarterly, New Ohio Review, Cider Review, Passengers Journal, Rattle, and… continue reading
