MFA in Creative Writing Residency Virtual Bookstore

With the transition of the Summer 2020 and January 2021 Residency to a virtual format, we have put together a virtual bookstore.

Browse our faculty authors below to find more information on where to finds their writing!

Check out the Lesley University Barnes and Noble Bookstore to see the available texts for GCRWT 6000 Creative Writing I Spring 2021.

Tracey Baptiste

Tracey Baptiste is a faculty member in the Writing for Young People genre. Learn more about Tracey Baptiste's work.

The Jumbie God’s Revenge (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Young Readers, 2019)

Rise of the Jumbies (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Young Readers, 2017)

The Jumbies (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Young Readers, 2015)

Erin Belieu

Erin Belieu is a faculty member in the Poetry genre. Learn more about Erin Belieu's work.

Slant Six (Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2014)

Black Box (Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2006)

One Above & One Below (Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2000)

Jami Brandli 

Jami Brandli is a faculty member in the Writing for Stage and Screen genre. Learn more about Jami Brandli's work.

Alone/Together: A Festival of Short Plays and Monologues Written for ZOOM  (Dramatic Publishing, 2020) 

The Kilroys List, Volume One: 97 Monologues and Scenes by Female and Trans Playwrights (New York: Theatre Communications Group, Inc., 2017)

The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2008 for 3 or More Actors, 2008 (Hanover, NH: Smith and Kraus, 2009)

The Best Ten-Minute Plays for Two Actors, 2007 (Contemporary Playwright Series) (Hanover, NH: Smith and Kraus, 2008)

Barry Brodsky

Barry Brodsky is a faculty member in the Writing for Stage and Screen genre. Learn more about Barry Brodsky's work.

Now Write! Screenwriting (New York: Penguin, 2010)

All Other Nights (Burlington, MA: JAC Publishing. 2007)

Jane Brox

Jane Brox is a faculty member in the Nonfiction genre. Learn more about Jane Brox's work.

Silence: A Social History of One of the Least Understood Elements of Our Lives (Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)

Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light (Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010)

Five Thousand Days Like This One: An American Family History (Boston: Beacon Press, 2000)

Steven Cramer

Steven Cramer is a faculty member in the Poetry genre. Learn more about Steven Cramer's work.

Listen (Cheshire MA, Madhat Press, 2020)

Clangings (Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2012)

Goodbye to the Orchard (Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2004)

Dialogue for the Left and Right Hand (Cambridge: Lumen Editions, 1997)

David Elliott

David Elliott is a faculty member in the Writing for Young People genre. Learn more about David Elliott's work.

Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)

Bull (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)

In the Woods (Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2020)

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Tony Eprile

Tony Eprile is a faculty member in the Fiction genre. Learn more about Tony Eprile's work.

The Persistence of Memory (New York: WW. Norton & Co., 2005)

Temporary Sojourner: South African Stories (Georgetown, MA: PFP Publishing, 2011)

Laurie Foos

Laurie Foos is a faculty member in the Fiction genre. Learn more about Laurie Foos' work.

Toast (Boston: Gemma Media, 2018)

The Blue Girl (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2015)

The Giant Baby (Boston: Gemma Media, 2012)

Susan E. Goodman

Susan E. Goodman is a faculty member in the Writing for Young People genre. Learn more about Susan Goodman's work.

The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial (New York: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books, 2016).

See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election Schemes, and the Race to the White House (New York: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books, 2008; Revised Edition 2012)

On This Spot: An Expedition Back Through Time (New York: HarperCollins, 2004)

Joan Houlihan

Joan Houlihan is a faculty member in the Poetry genre. Learn more about Joan Houlihan's work.

Shadow-feast (New York: Four Way Books, 2018)

Ay (North Adams, MA: Tupelo Press, 2014)

The Us (North Adams, MA: Tupelo Press, 2009)

Rachel Kadish

Rachel Kadish is a faculty member in the Fiction genre. Learn more about Rachel Kadish's work.

The Weight of Ink (New York/Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)

I Was Here (Kindle Direct, Rooster, 2012; audio forthcoming from Recorded Books)

Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story (New York/Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008)

Hester Kaplan

Hester Kaplan is a faculty member in the Fiction genre. Learn more about Hester Kaplan's work.

Unravished: Stories (Brooklyn: Ig Publishing, 2014)

The Tell (New York: Harper Collins, 2013) 

Mikki (Michelle) Knudsen

Mikki Knudsen is a faculty member in the Writing for Young People genre. Learn more about Mikki Knudsen's work.

Evil Librarian, a young adult novel (New York: Candlewick Press, 2014)

The Dragon of Trelian, a middle-grade novel (New York: Candlewick Press, 2009)

Library Lion, a picture book (New York: Candlewick Press, 2006)

Michael Lowenthal

Michael Lowenthal is a faculty member in the Fiction genre. Learn more about Michael Lowenthal's work.

The Paternity Test (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2018)

Charity Girl (Boston/New York: Mariner Books, 2008)

Avoidance (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2002)

Chris Lynch

Chris Lynch is a faculty member in the Writing for Young People genre. Learn more about Chris Lynch's work.

Irreversible (New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016)

Hit Count (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Young Readers, 2015)

Inexcusable (New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005)

Rachel Manley

Rachel Manley is a faculty member in the Nonfiction genre. Learn more about Rachel Manley's work.

The Black Peacock (Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2017)

Slipstream:  A Daughter Remembers (Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2000)

Drumblair:  Memories of a Jamaican Childhood (Toronto: Vintage Canada, 1997)

Kyoko Mori

Kyoko Mori is a faculty member in the Nonfiction genre. Learn more about Kyoko Mori's work.

Yarn: Remembering the Way Home (Boston: GemmaMedia Books, 2010)

Polite Lies: On Being a Woman Caught Between Cultures (New York: Henry Holt, 1998)

The Dream of Water: a Memoir (New York: Henry Holt, 1994)

Pamela Petro

Pamela Petro is a faculty member in the Nonfiction and Graphic Novels & Comics genres.  Learn more about Pamela Petro's work.

Sitting up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South (London: Flamingo, 2001; New York: Arcade, 2002, 2017; Audible, 2013)

The Slow Breath of Stone: A Romanesque Love Story (London: Fourth Estate, 2005)

Travels in an Old Tongue: Touring the World Speaking Welsh (London: Flamingo, 1997)

Janet Pocorobba

Janet Pocorobba is the Associate Director of the MFA in Creative Writing Program and a faculty member in the Nonfiction genre. Learn more about Janet Pocorobba's work.

The Fourth String: A Memoir of Sensei and Me (Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2019)

Kevin Prufer

Kevin Prufer is a faculty member in the Poetry genre. Learn more about Kevin Prufer's work.

How He Loved Them (New York: Four Way Books, 2018)

Churches (New York: Four Way Books, 2014)

In a Beautiful Country (New York: Four Way Books, 2011)

Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds is a faculty member in the Writing for Young People genre. Learn more about Jason Reynolds's work.

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (New York: Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020)

Look Both Ways (New York: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2019)

Long Way Down (New York: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2017)

Sinan Ünel

Sinan Ünel is a faculty member in the Writing for Stage and Screen genre. Learn more about Sinan Ünel's work.

Pera Palas (Provincetown, MA: Salt House Books, 2016)

A.J. Verdelle

A.J. Verdelle is a faculty member in the Fiction genre. Learn more about A.J. Verdelle's work.

The Good Negress (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1995, 2016)