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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.
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]
She formerly was professor of creative writing at the University of Florida. [1] She was the Briggs-Copeland Lecturer of English at Harvard University from 2009 to 2014. Additionally, she taught fiction in the Low-Residency MFA Program in Writing at Bennington College . [ 2 ]
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.
Pages in category "Michener Center for Writers alumni" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
She graduated from Greensburg Central Catholic High School in 2000 and attended American University in Washington, D.C., where she studied political science. She earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. [3]
Rachel Heng majored in Comparative Literature at Columbia University, graduating in 2011. [1] She then worked in the private equity industry in London. [2] She received a James A. Michener Fellowship to pursue a MFA in fiction and screenwriting at the University of Texas at Austin's Michener Center for Writers. [3]
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.