Alumni News

MFA alum Danielle Cadena Deluen's latest poetry collection, Desire Museum, is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry. She looks back on her time at Mason and her writing career so far.

Klara Kalu may be best known as a Nigerian model and social media influencer. But Kalu is also a writer, and in her continuing pursuit of that career, she joined the Mason Creative Writing Program in Fall 2023 as an MFA Fiction Candidate.

Creative Writing professor Tania James talks about the success of her latest novel, her approaches to teaching, and her advice to writers.

George Mason University’s Creative Writing Program joins Watershed Lit and Mason’s University Libraries in presenting the Fall 2024 Visiting Writers Series, celebrating fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

The Kaduna Books and Arts Festival has honored Mason creative writing professor Helon Habila with the KabaFest Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented at the festival's opening ceremonies on Thursday, April 25.

On April 17th, the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center will continue its centennial celebration of famed novelist, essayist, and orator James Baldwin with The Symposium: Why Baldwin Matters. The day-long event will feature lecture and conversation "Looking for Jimmy" with David Leeming, Baldwin’s official biographer and close friend, and panel discussion "Why Baldwin Matters- Friendship, Scholarship and Imagination" followed by a reception. Prof. Keith Clark, author of Black Manhood in James Baldwin, Ernest J. Gaines and August Wilson and distinguished professor of English and African and African American Studies, will host both events. This symposium will bring together Baldwin scholars, Mason students, and writers who knew Baldwin personally.

Judges for Spring Writing Contests Announced