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Welcome

Portland State University's MFA in Creative Writing is a residency program offering concentrations in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Located in the urban center of one of the most vibrantly literary cities in the country, our program provides emerging writers with opportunities for creative and intellectual exploration while working closely with a faculty of prominent writers.

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Nonfiction faculty member Paul Collins, whose books include The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World (2009), wins a Guggenheim Fellowship. dambrosio Charles D'Ambrosio, author of the critically acclaimed story collection The Dead Fish Museum (2006), joins the MFA faculty this winter in fiction. tom bissell In September 2009, Tom Bissell, whose most recent book is The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam (2007), joins the MFA faculty.
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