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Major in Writing

Study at one of the first major academic institutions to offer a degree for writers.

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Master of Fine Arts

Four poets and four fiction writers are admitted annually to this selective two-year program.

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Faculty

The department is celebrated for the quality of its faculty and its small classes. No course is lecture-sized; all are seminars.

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David Yezzi Named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow

Professor David Yezzi has been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship. From the Guggenheim Foundation’s announcement: “The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced their appointment of […]