Creativity & Compassion: Spalding Writers Celebrate 20 Years

by Kathleen Driskell (Editor), Katy Yocom (Editor)

Commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the nationally recognized Spalding low-residency MFA in Writing program, this anthology collects essays from the MFA faculty blog from 2014 to 2021. These works offer a trove of insights and accumulated wisdom from fifty faculty members, directors, staff, and alumni-each dedicated to the Spalding ethos of creativity and compassion. Here, you'll find explorations of craft, literary figures, the writing life, the interrelatedness of the arts, publication, production, and more. By turns practical and lyrical, inspiring and consoling, these essays illustrate the extraordinary literary spirit that defines the Spalding family.

384 pages, Paperback

Published November 16, 2021

Reviews

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

I earned my MFA from Spalding and was great to read these short essays from many of the people I get a change to be mentored by or sit in on their lectures. There is a lot of great writing experience and advice packed into the text.