The University of Iowa is renowned for its excellent writing program, churning out countless award-winning novelists, nonfiction authors, and playwrights from the writers’ workshop. But fan fiction ...

I have a dark and terrible confession to make, internet: I'm not that into "how-to" books. Don't get me wrong, I've most certainly delved into the occasional cookbook (before giving up and making ...

Associate Professor Trent Hergenrader has led two study abroad trips to Portugal in the past, but this year he wanted to try something different. In January, he and 22 students traveled to Spain as ...

If so, you’re not alone (here’s looking at you, LinkedIn Pulse), but coming up with compelling topics can be tough. So where can you turn for inspiration? Here’s a guest post from Ryan Robinson, an ...

This workshop is sponsored by the UAB English Department. It is named in honor of Dr. Ada Long, founding director of the UAB Honors Program, Professor of English, and lifelong advocate for community ...

Creative writing students at Miami learn invaluable skills to help them inspire, engage with, and shape the world around them: attention to craft, style, and form to fully articulate your vision and ...

It is generally assumed that the literary creative process, especially poetic creation, starts with an inspiration. Popular descriptions of the poet creating a poem usually conjure up an image of a ...

Many of my seventh-grade students do not arrive at school ready to learn. Their families often face financial hardship and live in cramped quarters, which makes it difficult to focus on homework. The ...

Boston University’s Creative Writing Program held its annual faculty reading on Feb. 10, what Annaka Saari — the program’s administrative coordinator — called, “a buffet of inspiration.” 2023 marks ...

A few days of downtime over the holiday season gave me the space to think about my writing and publishing goals for the upcoming year. Lingering in the back of my mind, however, was the gnawing ...

What is the actual role of inspiration in the literary creative process, especially in the writing of poetry? To answer this, let me briefly summarize what I have learned about the psychological ...