ANNOUNCEMENTS ACADEMY OF INTENTIONAL MAGIC Lissa Kiernan (Poetry, S'11) is delighted to announce the launch of the Academy of Intentional Magic (AIM), a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit expanding the nearly two-decade legacy of the Poetry Barn into an interdisciplinary creative learning community for writers, artists, and lifelong learners. AIM is currently seeking teaching artists interested in …
ANNOUNCEMENTS Dear Stonecoast Alumni, In 2027, Stonecoast MFA will celebrate an incredible milestone---our 25th anniversary! For a quarter century, Stonecoast has been shaped by the extraordinary writers and storytellers who have passed through our community. You are the heart of Stonecoast's story, and we can't imagine celebrating this anniversary without you. We're thinking about opportunities …
ANNOUNCEMENTS SAVE THE DATE: Stonecoast Community Story Jam for the Green Curtain Roadshow Tuesday, June 23rd,7:00–9:00 p.m. in Portland, ME (Location TBA) Join Stonecoast alums Jenny O’Connell (Creative Nonfiction, S’17) and Dave Patterson (Fiction, W’13) for a night of music and raucous storytelling as we raise our glasses (and some final funds!) to send our …
CURRENT STUDENTS Miles Meth (Fiction) published an op-ed in The Boston Globe about their friend Cata "Xóchitl" Santiago, an amazing person and powerful community organizer who was detained by ICE with no warrant/cause while traveling domestically for work. Her case is significant, because Xóchitl is a DACA recipient/legal resident, meaning this is yet another awful escalation in …
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