On Wednesday, April 22, current student poets and poet Jennifer Espinoza read poems to attendees in the Ludwick Sacred Space. Along with Espinoza, students Simone Warren, Raquel Rivera, Jesus Velazquez, and Kayla Taylor all showed off their impressive poetic talents. You can watch a YouTube recording of the reading here.
Two great events in November 2025! On Thursday November 6, Gonzo Felix, Natalia Rodriguez, and Giselle Morales shared their original work (pirates! matchstick girls! dystopia!), followed by a spirited Q&A led by Aimee Campos. A couple weeks later, on Wednesday November 19, Adonis Borer, JJ Wilson, Janira Hernandez, and Arely Hernandez also shared their […]
On Wednesday October 29, our three fall senior project students, Giselle Morales, Janira Hernandez, and Elizabeth Hansen–took us into their senior project works, touching briefly on what has shaped them and wading deeply into the work they’ve been so carefully attending to during their capstone course. All three presentations were considered, detailed, and insightful. […]
On Wednesday April 23, our three graduating seniors–Sterling Bratton, Joseph Reyes, and Kamila De La Fuente–led us through who they are as writers, touching on influences from childhood through college, personal thematic interests, challenges they face during the writing process, and their particular approaches to and successes found through the revision process. All three presentations […]
Two great events in fall 2024! On Tuesday October 8, student authors Adrianna Procida, Sara Dawidian, and Jeremy Evans shared their original work, followed by a spirited Q&A led by Hailey Garcia. A few weeks later, on November 12, student authors Adonis Borer, Hailey Garcia, and Arely Hernandez shared their original fiction and non-fiction, […]
On Wednesday, April 16, current student poets and local poet Luivette Resto read poems to attendees in the Ludwick Sacred Space. Along with Resto, students Hassan Abdul-Qawi, Ruthie Chipeta, Ryan Jenks, Hailey Garcia, and Arely Hernandez all showed off their impressive talents, reading a variety of poems.
On Tuesday, April 23, current students and their poetry instructor read original poems to a group at the Ludwick Sacred Space. Haley Albertson, Anahi Beltran, Lily Bower-Moore, and Sara Dawidian all showed off their impressive talents, reading a variety of formal (ghazals, centos) and free verse poems. They were followed by their instructor Sara Ellen […]
On March 19, the Creative Writing program was thrilled to welcome poet Douglas Manuel to campus. Doug visited CWRT 303: Poetry Writing, in which the students were reading his newest book Trouble Funk. Doug shared his thoughts on writing and publishing, and then gave a fantastic and touching reading of his works in the Ludwick […]
As part of the Senior Project, Creative Writing students now take part in a public presentation of their work … really more a public presentation of themselves as writers, sharing their inspirations, challenges, and influences, all through the lens of their own work. On Wednesday, December 6, senior students Daniel Dundas, Mia Aguilera, and […]
On Tuesday, April 24, five undergraduate poets read their original works at the Ludwick Sacred Space to a packed house. The student readers were Shanelle Ruelas, Geneva Murillo, Jocelyn Hancock, Kamila De La Fuente, and Janira Hernandez (three are Creative Writing majors, four are students in the spring poetry class taught by Sara Fowler). […]
Another fantastic student-focused event! On Wednesday December 7, three undergraduate prose writers read their original works at the Ludwick Sacred Space as part of an event moderated by Andrea Martínez. The student readers were three creative majors majors, Jefferson Travis Croushore, Cara Musashi, and Selena Cordar, and their stories touched on the demonic possession of […]
On December 5, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, author of the tremendously innovative and meaningful collection THE BOOK OF KANE AND MARGARET, beamed into our Advanced Fiction class all the way from Bellingham, Washington. As students were nearing the semester’s end and were focused on revising their works, Kiik led them through exercises that opened up new and […]
One of the great parts of our program is student involvement! On Wednesday November 9, three undergraduate fiction writers read their original works at the Ludwick Sacred Space as part of an event moderated by Jocel Sánchez. The student readers were two creative majors majors and a psychology major, Mia Aguilera, Mia Alvarez, and Adonis Borer, and […]
Very talented fiction author Carribean Fragoza was kind enough to visit ULV, where she spoke to our Advanced Fiction class and gave a public reading followed by a Q&A. The Campus Times did a great write up!
Our fantastic graduating seniors Hannah Schultz, Krista Nave, and Monica Rosas were joined by this year’s winner of the ULV Undergraduate Creative Writing Contest Jesús Ramírez for an hour-long reading from and celebration of their excellent works.
Poet Chad Sweeney visited our poetry class and giving a reading.