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The Michener Center for Writers is a Masters of Fine Arts program in fiction, poetry, playwriting, and screenwriting at the University of Texas at Austin. It is widely regarded as one of the top creative writing programs in the world. Bret Anthony Johnston is the current director of the program. Previously, James Magnuson ran the program for ...
Michener Center for Writers. Pages in category "Michener Center for Writers alumni" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
James Albert Michener (/ ˈ m ɪ tʃ ə n ər / or / ˈ m ɪ tʃ n ər /; [2] February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations, set in particular geographic locales and incorporating detailed history.
McCracken holds the James Michener Chair of Fiction of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. [3] She and her husband were previously on the faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the sister of former PC World magazine editor-in-chief and founder of Technologizer.com Harry McCracken.
She graduated with her MFA from the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas, where she won the Keene Prize for Literature. [7] She has also won regional prizes, including the Doris Betts Fiction Prize and the James Hurst Prize for Fiction which are both for writers who are living in or are from North Carolina. [8] [9]
Collectors, Forgers – And A Writer: A Memoir is a memoir written by American author James A. Michener. A discussion of Michener's college years and some acquaintances and works that still influenced him later in his life and career. Originally published by Targ Editions in 1983. Republished in 1993 as a chapter of Literary Reflections.
Harrigan and his wife Sue Ellen live in Austin, Texas. They have three daughters and five grandchildren. For twenty years, he taught creative writing in the MFA program at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a founding member of Capital Area Statues, Inc., an organization that raises money for public ...
Johnston teaches fiction writing at Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin. [1] Johnston is the author of the novels We Burn Daylight, Remember Me Like This and Corpus Christi: Stories. [2] In 2012, Waiting for Lightning premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and was released by Samuel Goldwyn Films. [3]