The Brooklyn Writers Foundry is an intimate, low-residency MFA program that specializes in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Now accepting applications.
New York, NY
Joined January 2016
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an MFA in NYC? in this economy?
yes. one of the city’s most affordable programs, @writersfoundry, is accepting applications now. January term priority deadline is Nov 1.
learn more here: chillsubs.com/mfa/brooklyn-w…
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The first two words the NYT uses to describe John Anderson’s voice in their obituary of him today are “gravelly” and “warbled.” His voice was exactly the opposite of all that. He sang smoothly, fluidly, in the vein of Lefty Frizzell, his voice rising and falling like gently rolling hills. These people either don’t know what they’re talking about, or they can’t stand to listen to it.
nytimes.com/2026/10/22/arts/…
Anyway. RIP John Anderson.
youtube.com/watch?v=EYoT7EFV…
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After selling out of our entire first print runs of MIDWESTERN DEATH TRIP, by @meaghan_garvey and BLOODLINE, by Lee Clay Johnson, we're pleased to share that second printings for both magnificent books are finished and safe in the warehouse. Get your copies today before they sell out yet again:
countyhighway.com/panamerica
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“I like the feeling of being able to confront an experience and resolve it as art.” —Eudora Welty buff.ly/A0MGjos
Exactly.
Let’s go!!!
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
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He leads #SJNY by day and takes the stage as a concert pianist, too! In celebration of #NationalClassicalMusicMonth, discover some of President Donald R. Boomgaarden, PhD’s notable performances. 🎶 sjny.edu/about/leadership/pr…
Definitely stop by and say hello to these folks. Good people.
We'll be at the Brooklyn Book Festival (@BKBF) this SUNDAY, booth number 131. Come hang with us and @countyhwy ! We'll have books, issues of County Highway, merch, and more. Don't miss out.
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Thanks to you, we’ve finally made it into Barnes and Noble (with top shelf placement) after three years of trying.
Thank you for letting them know how you felt about us!
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Lee Clay Johnson paid a visit to Charlottesville for a reading of his mesmerizing novel, BLOODLINE. It's been selling like hotcakes--so hot, that we've sold out of our entire first print run. But don't worry, we're in the midst of a second printing. Get your copy today:
countyhighway.com/panamerica…
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“There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the senses is not enough. The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample and its passage sweet. Who would call a day spent reading a good day? But a life spent reading – that is a good life.”
Rest in Peace to the great Annie Dillard.
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A poem by Wendell Berry, who died yesterday at age 92. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/vV…
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In partnership w/@greenlightbklyn, we're excited to open the Brooklyn Voices fall lineup on Sept. 15 featuring the launch event for Exit Party, the new novel by beloved #Brooklyn neighbor and bestselling author Emily St. John Mandel. Tap for details & tix. ow.ly/CnWP50ZEOJI
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Our Brooklyn @writersfoundry Creative Writing MFA students had an extraordinary week in June jam-packed with workshops, lectures and seminars focused on the craft of writing contemporary works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. ow.ly/5ucY50ZrsG0
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Dear writers, we need your imagination, your narrative creativity and your lively thinking. We need these to create spaces of freedom and authenticity, within which divine grace can make the promise of consolation and peace resound. vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/e…
BLUEGRASS: Songs & Stories from BLOODLINE with Musician and Award-Winning Author LEE CLAY JOHNSON — The Church Sag Harbor @PanamericaBooks @countyhwy @stjoesny thechurchsagharbor.org/event…
Big news! Low-Res Faculty Elisa Gabbert @egabbert wins Guggenheim Fellowship award. Elisa will be teaching the nonfiction workshop this June residency. Hurray! gf.org/stories/announcing-th…
Always such a pleasure to hear President Boomgaarden perform. This promises to be a special one.
#SJNY President Donald R. Boomgaarden, Ph.D. performs works by Ludwig van Beethoven and his own compositions, alongside featuring soloist & #SJNY assistant teaching professor Veronica Kaninska, M.S.Ed., C.T.R.S. at this month's annual Presidential Recitals ow.ly/lmnR50YH5Pu
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Francine Prose on two novels that give blue state readers a face full of their red state neighbors go.nybooks.com/4sMW8Ud
Francine Prose done hit this one out the park. @PanamericaBooks #LeeClayJohnson #Faulkner
Blood in the Game nybooks.com/articles/2026/04… via @nybooks