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Stephen Kuusisto (’15) featured on PBS NewsHour

May 24, 2018 | Featured News & Events

Alum Stephen Kuusisto (’15) was recently interviewed by Jeffrey Brown on PBS NewsHour about his new memoir “Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey.” Think you can keep up with Steve and guide-dog Caitlyn?  ...

Bushra Rehman (’11) publishes first collection of poetry

May 22, 2018 | Featured News & Events

Alumna Bushra Rehman (’11) has written her first full-length book of poetry.   Marianna’s Beauty Salon is published by Sibling Rivalry Press and will be released this Thursday, May 24.   Bushra was working on a novel during her 2011 residency....

Nina Herzog (’16): Re-Establishing a Writer’s Identity

Sep 25, 2016 | News

A 2009 alumna, writer Nina Herzog arrived for her second Saltonstall residency with one goal: to finish the final chapters of a nonfiction book that had been languishing in file boxes. But Nina didn’t feel like a writer anymore. “I hadn’t been...

Vicki Madden (’16): A Migration to Writing

Sep 10, 2016 | News

With 25 years in the New York City public school system under her belt, Vicki Madden is shifting gears. “I didn’t start to write until I was 50,” she says. “You could say this was a classic mid-life thing,” she says laughing. “But I...

Megan Galbraith (’16): Mini Utopias

Aug 20, 2016 | News

After a 20-year career in communications and media relations, Megan Galbraith turned her full attention to writing and recently earned her MFA in nonfiction. Saltonstall is her first residency, and she has spent the month working on what she hopes will be her first...