Jun 10, 2021 | Success Stories
Feature Film Certificate alum Lisa Knight has had writing and career success recently, which she attributes to lessons and encouragement attained in the Writers’ Program. Lisa says, “I wasn’t sure I could find a paying job doing what I love until I...
Jun 3, 2021 | Success Stories
Creative Writing Certificate student Bekah Rossman recently had essays published, both workshopped in Writers’ Program classes. She says of the experience, “I went from not writing since 1998 to beginning a memoir and having three pieces published within three months....
May 27, 2021 | Success Stories
Former student Indra Zuno recently won the gold prize in the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards for Historical Fiction for her debut novel Freedom Dues. She says of the experience, “I’m sincerely still in a state of slight disbelief. There were times when I doubted I...
May 20, 2021 | Success Stories
Instructor Donald Martin has a new film coming out next month. Queen Bees, starring Ellen Burstyn, James Caan, Ann-Margret, Jane Curtin and Christopher Lloyd will be in cinemas nationwide and on PVOD starting June 11, 2021. Donald says about the movie, “At its core,...
May 6, 2021 | Success Stories
Creative Writing Certificate student Leanne Ogasawara’s story “Bare Bones” won the 2020 Calvino Prize. You can read the story here: http://louisville.edu/miraclemonocle/issue-16/leanne-ogasawara. She says of the experience, “Around Christmas, I learned that my story...
Apr 22, 2021 | Success Stories
Longtime instructor Norman Kolpas recently published a new food book. He says, “I was asked by Reaktion Books, a well-respected book publisher based in London, to write a history of foie gras for their “Edible” series of single subject books on food....
