New England College - MFA in Poetry Posted on April 25th
The New England College low residency Master of Fine Arts in Poetry Program joins a rigorous curriculum with a peripatetic style. Conversations among faculty and students on literary and craft topics are as integral to the program’s pedagogy as the classroom teaching itself. More than just a graduate course of study, this program strives to teach its students how to become better poets by providing a transformative experience in the study of creative writing and poetry. Twice a year, students from around the country gather on the campus of New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire to form a close-knit, non-competitive community that fosters collegiality, guidance, and a practical way to meet graduate requirements for an MFA degree while carrying on vocational and familial responsibilities.
The New England College MFA Program offers not only a viable alternative to other wholly residential MFA programs, but important new curricular components as well, such as memorization and recitation. By combining short-term residencies with semester long regimen of faculty-student correspondence (once every month), the program is designed to help students develop strong poetic and critical skills, as well as to take bold risks in their writing.
The faculty student ratio is never more than five to one, allowing each student to study closely with his or her mentor]. During the correspondence semesters, students engage in rigorous craft discussions with faculty members who are both accomplished writers and experienced teachers.
