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Carlow University
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| For Immediate Release |
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University Communications & External Relations |
| February 21, 2012 |
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Drew Wilson |
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Director, Media Relations |
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412-578-2095 (phone) |
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412-260-6807 (cell) |
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412-578-2080 (fax) |
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agwilson@carlow.edu |
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| Carlow University's MFA Residency Moves to Dublin's Trinity College |
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MFA Students Will Spend 11-day Irish Residency in Home of Irelands Best Writers
Pittsburgh, Pa. - Trinity College Dublin, the top academic school and the seat of writing in Ireland, will be the new home for the June residency of Carlow University's Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program.
Carlow's MFA program is a low-residency program that meets in Pittsburgh for 11 days in January and in Ireland for 11 days in June. This year the Irish residency will be June 11 through 22, 2012.
"Trinity College has produced great writers like Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, and Samuel Beckett," said Ellie Wymard, PhD, director of Carlow's MFA Program. "Its location in the middle of Dublin will provide more literary opportunities at our students' fingertips."
Edna O'Brian, author of The Country Girls (1968) and one of Irelands most original and brilliant writers; Anne Enright, winner of the Man Booker Prize (2007) for The Gathering and author of the critically acclaimed, The Forgotten Waltz; Claire Keegan, winner of the Davy Byrne Writing Award for Foster (2010), the William Trevor Prize, and the Rooney Prize; and Hugo Hamilton, author of The Speckled People (2003) will all be speaking during the program.
Carlow's MFA program, which can be completed in five semesters, provides the convenience of a low-residency program with opportunities for students to refine and explore their writing through concentrations in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction under the guidance of award-winning American and Irish writers. Students and faculty communicate regularly by E-mail and the Internet. The culmination of the students' experiences at Carlow is the production of a manuscript of publishable quality in their desired concentration.
Applications for the program are still open. For more information please contact: Graduate Admissions at, (412) 578-6059 or gradstudies@carlow.edu
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About Carlow University
Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carlow University was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1929. Offering both undergraduate and graduate programs, Carlow University is a comprehensive master's institution dedicated to learner-centered education at the collegiate levels and at the elementary school level in the Campus School of Carlow University.
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