North Hennepin Community College
Minnesota, United States
Residential programThe A.F.A. in Creative Writing combines liberal arts general education courses, as well as foundational courses, in various genres of writing and literary studies. Graduates will be able to write effectively in multiple genres of creative writing with the intent of beginning a career in a related field or transferring into a baccalaureate program at a 4-year institution.
Founded in 1966, North Hennepin Community College is one of the largest and most diverse community colleges in Minnesota and a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system - the fifth largest system in the United States.
Contact Information
7411 85th Ave N
CLA 163
Brooklyn Park
Minnesota, United States
55445
Phone: 763-424-0832
Email: kelly.lundquist@nhcc.edu
http://nhcc.edu/academic-programs/degrees-and-certificates/liberal-arts/creative-writing-afa
Undergraduate Program Director
Kelly LundquistDirector of Creative Writing
7411 85th Ave North
CLA 163
Brooklyn Park
Minnesota, United States
55445
Email: kelly.lundquist@nhcc.edu
URL: http://nhcc.edu/academic-programs/degrees-and-certificates/liberal-arts/creative-writing-afa
The A.F.A. in Creative Writing combines liberal arts general education courses, as well as foundational courses, in various genres of writing and literary studies. Graduates will be able to write effectively in multiple genres of creative writing with the intent of beginning a career in a related field or transferring into a baccalaureate program at a 4-year institution.
Type of Program: Studio/ResearchGenres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Professional Writing (technical writing, PR, etc.), Popular/Genre Fiction
Duration of Study: 2 years
Unit of Measure: Credits
Composition Rhetoric: 6
Workshop: 14
Literature: 12
Other: 27
Thesis: 1
Total Units for Degree: 60
Other Requirements: http://www.nhcc.edu/academic-programs/degrees-and-certificates/liberal-arts/creative-writing-afa
Brian Baumgart
Rules for Loving Right (poetry)
https://briandbaumgart.wixsite.com/website
Ana Munro
Above the Dance of Clouds (poetry)
Heidi Farrah
https://www.concisionpoetry.com/george-and-heidi-farrah
Bridget Murphy
Lisa Whalen
Stable Weight (memoir)
https://lisawhalen.wixsite.com/lisawhalen
Kelly Lundquist
Beard: A Memoir (forthcoming, Eerdmans)
Gene Gazelka
Tender One (poetry)
https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/tender-one-by-g-gazelka/
Kara Olson
https://loft.org/artists/kara-olson
Haley Lasche
One, Urth Animal, Blood and Survivor, Where it Leads (poetry)
https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/haley_lasche
Katie Rauk
Basil, Buried Choirs (poetry)
https://www.katharinerauk.com/
Margaret LaFleur
https://www.margaretlafleur.com/
Kiese Laymon, Ross Gay, Cathy Park Hong, Marlin Jenkins, Su Hwang, Michael Kleber Diggs, LM Brimmer, Chris Stedman, Taiwana Shambley, Nicola Koh, and others.
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