Austin Peay State University
Tennessee, United States
Residential programThe Department of Languages and Literature has a Writing Program heavily supported by the university's Center of Excellence in the Creative Arts. Visiting writers are frequently in residence. (Past writers-in-residence: Howard Norman, John Daniel, Patsy Sims, Al Young, Cris Mazza, Michael Burkard, Peter Meinke.) In addition, numerous writers visit the campus for readings and workshops. Recent visitors have included Diana Khoi Nguyen, Ann Pancake, Richard Wilbur, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, Mary Oliver, and Eavan Boland, and others. An endowed chair brings a writer to the university for a semester-long residency in creative writing every four years (past participants: Dorothy Allison, Dave Madden, John Haines, David Bradley, Carolyn Forche).
The Department and the Center also sponsor the nationally circulated literary journal Zone 3 and a student literary magazine, The 601.
Faculty and staff in the program: RS Deeren (fiction), Amy Wright (creative nonfiction and poetry), and Calie Benke, Zone 3 managing editor.
For more information, contact zone3@apsu.edu.
Contact Information
APSU, PO Box 4565
Zone 3 Press
Clarksville
Tennessee, United States
37044-0001
Phone: 931-221-7714
Email: zone3@apsu.edu
www.zone3press.com
Undergraduate Program Director
RS DeenerCoordinator, Creative Writing Program
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville
Tennessee, United States
37044
Email: rsdeeren@gmail.com
The Department of Languages and Literature has a Writing Program heavily supported by the university's Center of Excellence in the Creative Arts. Visiting writers are frequently in residence. (Past writers-in-residence: Howard Norman, John Daniel, Patsy Sims, Al Young, Cris Mazza, Michael Burkard, Peter Meinke.) In addition, numerous writers visit the campus for readings and workshops. Recent visitors have included Gary Snyder, Richard Wilbur, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, Mary Oliver, and Eavan Boland, and others. An endowed chair brings a writer to the university for a semester-long residency in creative writing every four years (past participants: Dave Madden, John Haines, David Bradley, Carolyn Forche).
The Department and the Center also sponsor the nationally circulated literary journal Zone 3 and a student literary magazine, the Red Mud Review.
Faculty and staff in the program: Barry Kitterman (fiction and creative nonfiction), Andrea Spofford (poetry), Amy Wright (creative nonfiction and poetry), and Susan Wallace, Zone 3 managing editor.
For more information, contact Chair, Dept. of Languages and Literature.
Unit of Measure: HoursComposition Rhetoric: 9
Other: 9 s/hrs Graduate writing workshops in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; 9 s/hrs in undergraduate cour
Total Units for Degree: 33
Undergraduate Program Director
RS DeenerCoordinator, Creative Writing Program
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville
Tennessee, United States
37044
Email: rsdeeren@gmail.com
The Department of Languages and Literature has a Writing Program heavily supported by the university’s Center of Excellence in the Creative Arts. Visiting writers are frequently in residence. (Past writers-in-residence: Howard Norman, John Daniel, Patsy Sims, Al Young, Cris Mazza, Michael Burkard, Peter Meinke.) In addition, numerous writers visit the campus for readings and workshops. Recent visitors have included Gary Snyder, Richard Wilbur, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, Mary Oliver, and Eavan Boland, among others. An endowed chair brings a writer to the university for a semester-long residency in creative writing every four years (past participants: Dave Madden, John Haines, David Bradley, Carolyn Forché, Michael Blumenthal).
The Department and the Center also sponsor the nationally circulated literary journal Zone 3 and a student literary magazine, the Red Mud Review.
Faculty and staff in the program: Barry Kitterman (fiction), Amy Wright (creative nonfiction), Andrea Spofford (poetry), and Susan Wallace, Zone 3 managing editor.
For more information, contact Chair, Dept. of Languages and Literature.
Type of Program: Studio/ResearchGenres: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry
Duration of Study: 4 years
Unit of Measure: Hours
Literature: 9
Other: 9
Thesis: 18
Total Units for Degree: 33
Other Requirements: 9 s/hrs Graduate writing workshops in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; 9 s/hrs in undergraduate courses in technical writing.
Graduate Program Director
RS DeenerCoordinator, Creative Writing Program
Austin Peay State University's Center for Creative Arts
POB 4487
Clarksville
Tennessee, United States
37044-0001
Email: rsdeeren@gmail.com
URL: www.zone3press.com
Andrea Spofford
Amy Wright
http://www.awrightawright.com/
Zone 3, a literary journal & Zone 3 Press
Dorothy Allison, Douglas Kearney, Eric LeMay, Gary McDowell, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Cait Weiss Orcutt
Zone 3 Reading Series (http://www.zone3press.com/blog/events)
