WRITE IN NEW YORK
M.F.A. Degree in Creative Writing
For over thirty years, NYU has distinguished itself as a national center for
the study of writing and literature. The Creative Writing Program enables
students to develop their craft while working closely with some of today’s
most distinguished writers of poetry and prose. All incoming graduate students
receive fellowship support and the opportunity to teach. Join a serious
community of writers and engage in an exceptional program of study.
Faculty: Catherine Barnett, Anne Carson, Kiran Desai, Nathan Englander,
Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, John Freeman, Kimiko Hahn, Terrance
Hayes, Edward Hirsch, Ishion Hutchinson, Major Jackson, Katie Kitamura, Yusef
Komunyakaa, Hari Kunzru, Nick Laird, David Lipsky, Maaza Mengiste, Joyce Carol
Oates, Sharon Olds, Julie Orringer, Meghan O’Rourke, Matthew Rohrer, Parul
Sehgal, Zadie Smith, Darin Strauss, Hannah Tinti, Deborah Landau (Director)SUMMER PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK, PARIS, AND FLORENCE
Four-week summer intensives offer undergraduate writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
an opportunity to live and write in Greenwich Village, Paris, or Florence.WRITE IN PARIS
Low-Residency M.F.A. Writers Workshop in Paris
The M.F.A. Writers Workshop in Paris invites students to work under the
guidance of internationally acclaimed faculty in one of the world’s most
inspiring cities. Paris—with its rich literary history and cultural attractions—
provides an ideal setting for living the writer’s life. The program offers both
freedom and rigor, balancing intense and stimulating ten-day residencies
with sustained independent work in the intervals between.
Faculty: Catherine Barnett, Nathan Englander, John Freeman, Ishion
Hutchinson, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Nick Laird, Robin Coste Lewis, Meghan
O’Rourke, Matthew Rohrer, Helen Schulman, Zadie Smith, Darin Strauss, Matthew
Thomas, Deborah Landau (Director)
Visiting Writers Include: Edwidge Danticat, Lydia Davis, Mariana Enríquez,
Jonathan Safran Foer, Nick Flynn, Ann Hood, Major Jackson, Leslie Jamison,
Etgar Keret, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Rachel Kushner, Ben Lerner, Édouard Louis,
Valeria Luiselli, David Mitchell, Nadifa Mohamed, ZZ Packer, Claudia Rankine,
Taiye Selasi, Kamila Shamsie, Brenda Shaughnessy, Leila Slimani, Tracy K.
Smith, Hannah Tinti, Monica Youn, Vendela Vida, Kevin Young, Ocean VuongNYU CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM
Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction
For more information visit
as.nyu.edu/cwp