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Hunter’s Creative Writing MFA is a highly selective program in which students work closely with distinguished writers to perfect their writing skills. The course comprises workshops, craft seminars, one-on-one supervisions with faculty, and literature classes. There are three concentrations: fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Most years there are twelve students per concentration. Each year, several students are named Hertog Fellows (fiction and creative nonfiction) and Thomas Hunter Fellows (poetry). These students are paired with established writers, for whom they conduct research for one semester.

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“Archives as Muse Symposium: How Creatives Use the Archives,” takes place today, Dec. 3 at 5 p.m. It considers how creatives use the archives with a special focus on the work of award-winning writer, journalist and educator, Herb Boyd.

“Archives as Muse: A Harlem Storytelling Project” is a three-year project from the MFA in Creative Writing program at The City College of New York, which was made possible by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation . The goal of the project is to connect with, serve, understand and celebrate the Harlem community while enhancing the community’s own tools for memory, research and creativity.  

The storytelling project, directed by Michelle Valladares , lecturer and director of the MFA in Creative Writing, aims to include symposia, interviews, online workshops and exhibits as well as a resource section with links to public archives. Students explore Harlem stories and neighborhoods and participate through a series of graduate and undergraduate archival classes while they train to do the following:

• collect stories from Harlem neighbors, local archives and community organizations; 
• work with librarians and archivists to study and archive the materials; and 
• share findings—via gallery exhibits, digital programs, and symposia–with CCNY students and faculty, scholars from around the country and all over the world, and local residents of the Harlem community.

CCNY’s MFA in Creative Writing recognizes the importance of the Harlem Renaissance—the literary, social and cultural explosion of creative and intellectual work by Black artists, poets, novelists, philosophers, activists and musicians in the 1920s—and through the project want to celebrate Harlem’s rich literary history as well as recognize the original people who lived in Manahatta (Manhattan), the home of the Lenape tribe.

This year’s symposium is “ Archives as Muse Symposium: How Creatives Use the Archives ,” which takes place today, Dec. 3 at 5 p.m. It considers how creatives use the archives with a special focus on the work of award-winning writer, journalist and educator, Herb Boyd , who is also a collaborator of the project. Panelists include archivist and Professor William Gibbons , photographer and Professor Emeritus Lewis Watts, Herb Boyd and novelist and Professor Nelly Rosario , who will act as moderator.

Collaborators of the “Archives as Muse: A Harlem Storytelling Project” include The Hurston/Wright Foundation , The Cohen Library, CCNY Libraries , the Langston Hughes Archives of The City College Black Studies Program and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture .

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Born and raised in New Zealand, Lol E Fow immigrated to the U.S. in 1990 and has been teaching at BMCC since then. She completed an MFA in Creative Writing at Brooklyn College with a concentration in Playwriting but these days mostly writes fiction. She is currently working on a book reapproaching Joseph Campbell’s masculine monomyth for female heroes in the 21st century, and she is co-chair of Mythology in Contemporary Culture at the yearly National Population Culture Association Conference.

Mythology in Contemporary Culture, Modern World Literature, Women’s Literature, Creative Writing, Composition

• B.A. University of Waikato, New Zealand, Philosophy,1989
• M.F.A. Brooklyn College, CUNY, Creative Writing / Playwriting,1993

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• Feminist Approaches to the Hero’s JourneyJoseph Campbell’s monomyth described the heroic pattern that flowed through world mythology, but that pattern is described in masculine language and through male life stages. This is project is looking at that underlying pattern and its connection to individuation as androgynous and rethinking its depiction, thus dissolving the default that “real” heroes are male and “female” heroes an anomaly.

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Selected academic publications:

• “The Play’s the Thing: Creative Writing and Performance for Critical Thinking in Freshman English,” University Press, Banja Luka
• “The Hollywood Lama” chapter in Star Power: The Impact of Celebrity Brands (a Cultural Studies anthology), Praeger
• “Books Not Screens For Remedial College Writers” , International Journal of the Book

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Co-chair of Mythology in Contemporary Culture for the National Popular Culture Association Conference since 2023.

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Requirements

• Five writing workshops (15 credits; students may take fiction, poetry, or non- fiction workshop up to 4 times for credit. The fifth workshop must be in a different genre. (For example, 4 fiction workshops and 1 poetry workshop)
• Five literature seminars (15 credits)
• Three critical practice courses (9 credits)
• One thesis tutorial (3 credits)

Note: There is no foreign language requirement for MFA students who enrolled in Fall 2011 or subsegment semesters. The requirement still applies to students who enrolled before Fall 2011.

Pending Grades (including INC):

No one can graduate with a pending grade on his/her transcript. Make sure that you take care of all of your pending grades and credits from e-permits, study abroad, and incompletes.

Transfer Credits:

No more than six (6) approved graduate credits may be taken outside the Graduate program’s course offerings, and all writing workshops must be taken within the program.

E-permit Credits:

E-permit  grades do not appear automatically in CUNYFirst. Once you receive a grade from your host college, please request that the host college transcript be sent to Mitchel Johnson ([email protected]) at the Registrar’s office at CCNY.

These are examples of course sequences that includes all requirement and the correct distribution of credits. You can take Literature and Critical Practice courses in whatever sequence you want. The only restriction is that you cannot take 2 workshops at the same time. It is usually advisable to take the thesis tutorial (individual work with a mentor) in your last semester.

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MFA Thesis Expectations

The thesis tutorial is an independent tutorial (3 credits) arranged between the student and his or her mentor (first reader) with a goal to produce a manuscript that will be the culmination of that student’s work in the MFA program. It is usually taken during a student’s final semester. The semester before the thesis tutorial, the student should select a mentor; it is important to do this well in advance since creative writing faculty may have other demands on their time. Although every thesis-mentor relationship unfolds in different ways, you can expect in the first meeting to establish a clear timetable for subsequent meetings as well as a timeline to meet college deadlines.

In the meetings with the mentor, you will map out a plan for the thesis, receive feedback, discuss the writing process, and receive guidance and encouragement. You can expect to revise according to this feedback. The number of pages shared with your mentor will vary according to your genre. You will be responsible for copy-editing and checking grammar for the final draft. The thesis will most likely be a collection of creative work you have already assembled over the course of your MFA career that you expand or revise as you work with your mentor. It is not recommended that you begin a new project during the thesis tutorial. Your thesis should be a substantial collection of poems, stories or essays, a portion or draft of a novel, memoir or play. For most students the thesis manuscript is a rough draft of their first book (see minimum page lengths under formatting) rather than something publishable right away. However, you can discuss with your mentor the next steps for your writing career.

Mentor/Faculty Advisor (First Reader)

It is your responsibility to choose a mentor for your thesis. Your thesis mentor should be a member of the creative writing faculty that you have worked with successfully in a workshop. After identifying your ideal mentor, it is appropriate to approach him or her in the semester before your thesis workshop to ask if they will be free to work with you. Your Program Director may be able to suggest Creative Writing faculty members whom the Director feels would be suitable for you if you are unable to cases, MFA students may have their theses advised by Literature professors. the stated requirements, please talk to agreed to serve as your mentor, you may register during registration period for the thesis tutorial.

Second Reader

You must also obtain a second reader for that your second reader be a Literature professor, rather than a creative writing instructor. Your second reader will only is unable to serve as your second reader, a creative writing professor may do so, but will likely be too overcommitted with thesis advisement to read your thesis, and will only be signing off on it.

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All students who are eligible to apply for graduation will receive an email to their CCNY email account from the Registrar’s office. This will include a link to Apply for Graduation through CUNYFirst.

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Students who graduate in the Fall or Winter are invited to participate in the May/June divisional and/or all-school commencement ceremonies.

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Application deadline for fall admission:, february 15 extended to march 1st.

Total Credits:  42 GRE Required:  No Minimum TOEFL/IELTS Scores:  600 (PBT), 100 (IBT) or 7 Degree Awarded:  M.F.A Supporting Documents Required:

• Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended
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• Writing sample (30-50 pages of fiction, nonfiction or 10 poems)

Program Director:  Michelle Valladares

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All application materials and fee payments must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Admissions. Once all materials have been received and logged, your application is then forwarded to our graduate review committee. Any application materials sent directly to the English Department (via email or snail mail) will not be accepted (e.g. please don’t have transcripts, letters of recommendation, or checks sent here).

The English Department does not handle application fees, nor does it have authority to waive application fees. For questions about this fee, please contact the Office of Graduate Admissions.

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Mostly dividing his time between New York City and Tehran, Iran, Salar regularly publishes personal essays and short stories, plus numerous translations of other authors that appear in journals across the world.

A professor at the City University of New York’s CITY COLLEGE campus in Harlem, he teaches workshops in the English Department’s MFA program and also serves as Director of Undergraduate Creative Writing. Website: salarabdoh.com

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She has been anthologized in Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond, and The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry by Indians . Her honors include a Pushcart Prize Nomination and she was awarded “The Poet of the Year” by the Americas Poetry Festival of New York. She is currently working on a book about faith called Searching for Tara.

Naima’s second novel,  Didn’t Never Know , is the story of the integration of a public high school in a small Southern town, which sets off a chain of events that bonds two families together in unexpected and complicated ways over the course of their lives. It is forthcoming from Grand Central Publishing.

Naima’s stories and essays have appeared in the  New York Times , the  Rumpus ,  Aster(ix) ,  Kweli ,  The Paris Review Daily , and elsewhere. She has taught writing to students in jail, youth programs, and universities. Naima is currently visiting faculty at the MFA program at City College in Harlem and Antioch University in L.A.

Unger has been a featured writer in book festivals in San Juan, Miami, Los Angeles, Guatemala, Sharjah, Managua, Bogotá, Lima, La Paz, Oaxaca, and Guadalajara.

She received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Arizona, and her Ph.D. from Stanford University.  She teaches a range of subjects from feminist and critical literary theory, poetics, film studies, contemporary literature, and women’s literature.

He has taught poetry and nonfiction workshops. An independent book editor with an interest in the ways writers engage with the culture, he has also led MFA courses in publishing and authorship.

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4/30 – Brainstorm: Sedarat & Coloff

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Tuesday, April 30 at 7PM Pete’s Candy Store 709 Lorimer St. Brooklyn, NY

Grab your thinking caps because the next Brainstorm is coming your way, featuring poet Roger Sedarat ( Haji As Puppet: An Orientalist Burlesque ) and musician Leah Coloff (The Secret City).

Brainstorm is a reading series organized by grad students from the Queens College MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation. Come hear writers you know, meet writers you might like to know, and perhaps be introduced to your future favorite author.

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Touring the Top 10 Moscow Metro Stations

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Komsomolskaya metro station looks like a museum. It has vaulted ceilings and baroque decor.

Hidden underground, in the heart of Moscow, are historical and architectural treasures of Russia. These are Soviet-era creations – the metro stations of Moscow.

Our guide Maria introduced these elaborate metro stations as “the palaces for the people.” Built between 1937 and 1955, each station holds its own history and stories. Stalin had the idea of building beautiful underground spaces that the masses could enjoy. They would look like museums, art centers, concert halls, palaces and churches. Each would have a different theme. None would be alike.

The two-hour private tour was with a former Intourist tour guide named Maria. Maria lived in Moscow all her life and through the communist era of 60s to 90s. She has been a tour guide for more than 30 years. Being in her 60s, she moved rather quickly for her age. We traveled and crammed with Maria and other Muscovites on the metro to visit 10 different metro stations.

Arrow showing the direction of metro line 1 and 2

Moscow subways are very clean

To Maria, every street, metro and building told a story. I couldn’t keep up with her stories. I don’t remember most of what she said because I was just thrilled being in Moscow.   Added to that, she spilled out so many Russian words and names, which to one who can’t read Cyrillic, sounded so foreign and could be easily forgotten.

The metro tour was the first part of our all day tour of Moscow with Maria. Here are the stations we visited:

1. Komsomolskaya Metro Station  is the most beautiful of them all. Painted yellow and decorated with chandeliers, gold leaves and semi precious stones, the station looks like a stately museum. And possibly decorated like a palace. I saw Komsomolskaya first, before the rest of the stations upon arrival in Moscow by train from St. Petersburg.

2. Revolution Square Metro Station (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) has marble arches and 72 bronze sculptures designed by Alexey Dushkin. The marble arches are flanked by the bronze sculptures. If you look closely you will see passersby touching the bronze dog's nose. Legend has it that good luck comes to those who touch the dog's nose.

Touch the dog's nose for good luck. At the Revolution Square station

Revolution Square Metro Station

3. Arbatskaya Metro Station served as a shelter during the Soviet-era. It is one of the largest and the deepest metro stations in Moscow.

Arbatskaya Metro Station

4. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station was built in 1935 and named after the Russian State Library. It is located near the library and has a big mosaic portrait of Lenin and yellow ceramic tiles on the track walls.

Lenin's portrait at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station

5. Kievskaya Metro Station was one of the first to be completed in Moscow. Named after the capital city of Ukraine by Kiev-born, Nikita Khruschev, Stalin's successor.

Kievskaya Metro Station

6. Novoslobodskaya Metro Station  was built in 1952. It has 32 stained glass murals with brass borders.

Novoslobodskaya metro station

7. Kurskaya Metro Station was one of the first few to be built in Moscow in 1938. It has ceiling panels and artwork showing Soviet leadership, Soviet lifestyle and political power. It has a dome with patriotic slogans decorated with red stars representing the Soviet's World War II Hall of Fame. Kurskaya Metro Station is a must-visit station in Moscow.

Ceiling panel and artworks at Kurskaya Metro Station

8. Mayakovskaya Metro Station built in 1938. It was named after Russian poet Vladmir Mayakovsky. This is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world with 34 mosaics painted by Alexander Deyneka.

Mayakovskaya station

One of the over 30 ceiling mosaics in Mayakovskaya metro station

9. Belorusskaya Metro Station is named after the people of Belarus. In the picture below, there are statues of 3 members of the Partisan Resistance in Belarus during World War II. The statues were sculpted by Sergei Orlov, S. Rabinovich and I. Slonim.

10. Teatralnaya Metro Station (Theatre Metro Station) is located near the Bolshoi Theatre.

Teatralnaya Metro Station decorated with porcelain figures .

Taking the metro's escalator at the end of the tour with Maria the tour guide.

Have you visited the Moscow Metro? Leave your comment below.

January 15, 2017 at 8:17 am

An excellent read! Thanks for much for sharing the Russian metro system with us. We're heading to Moscow in April and exploring the metro stations were on our list and after reading your post, I'm even more excited to go visit them. Thanks again 🙂

December 6, 2017 at 10:45 pm

Hi, do you remember which tour company you contacted for this tour?

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