我们为期两年的MFA写作计划是一所顶尖艺术与设计学院的鼓舞人心的环境。我们鼓励您尝试多种不同的体裁和形式，包括回忆录，短篇小说，有创造力的非小说，旅行写作，抒情文章，小说和诗歌，而不是仅仅关注一种。您还可以自由探索雕塑，电影，版画和其他学科，以帮助您将视觉艺术融入您的作品中。我们的计划从湾区丰富的文学史中汲取灵感，包括旧金山文艺复兴时期，节拍诗歌运动，新叙事以及大满贯/口语艺术。从Litquake到咖啡馆的阅读和表演，湾区的文学经验使其成为写作的中心。这个紧密联系的社区支持并激励我们的许多学生以写作为中心
At CCA, youll join a writing community that truly sees and supports you. Weve grown an MFA Writing program at an arts college with 116 years of history in the San Francisco Bay Area. The workshops and seminars where we gather are places of inventiveness, self-discovery, and exuberance. Together weve created a close-knit community for diverse writers who are making their mark on the world. We believe creativity is sparked when you have space to develop your ideas, and from your first to your final semester at CCA youll have close, sustained support from your professors through one-on-one mentorships. Our award-winning faculty includes Faith Adiele, Tom Barbash, Dodie Bellamy, Rita Bullwinkel, Jasmin Darznik, Joseph Lease, Trisha Ya-wen Low, Aimee Phan, Denise Newman, and Leslie Carol Roberts.<br><br>The Bay Area, a site of rich literary history, is our home. Youll have access to resources and literary institutions you wont find anywhere else, like City Lights Publishers, Litquake, and the Bay Area Book Festival. In the fall semester, we offer Tuesday Seminar, a course that brings illustrious professional writers right into the classroom with you.<br><br>Our two-year, 48-unit MFA Writing program includes workshops, craft seminars, literature courses, and mentorships. Courses like Experiments in Life Writing, Contemporary International Fiction, and Writing As An Act of Witness will inspire you to take risks and try new styles as you hone your craft and deepen your writing practice.