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Solstice MFA is a full-time, two-year program that helps you further your writing practice with a high level of professional proficiency while developing your unique voice in a supportive community.
New news: the 4th, beach times, interviewing Mary Simmons at @solsticemfa.bsky.social, a fox, & upcoming events. It's a lot.
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Patrick saw our fox! Dear dears, Welcome to the end of July. I lament the end of summer while still having about four weeks left. It went by too fast and I...
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Ben Humeniuk@benhumeniuk.bsky.social · 2w agoComics for homework? Yes, please. 🙏 Now that I’m a grad student at the @solsticemfa.bsky.social program, I’ll generating 4 new comics stories this fall under the supervision of my mentor, @joshneufeld.bsky.social Excited to apply the techniques that I’ve been learning!
This past Saturday, we held our 33rd commencement at Lasell University and welcomed four new writers to our alum ranks. Congrats to poets Beth Haverkamp Powers and Peter Meidlinger and fiction writers Shane Patrick Dowling and Jay B. Snyder! Photos by Staci Halt.
Our July 2026 Residency may have come to an end this past Sunday, but we're still full of inspiration and love from our community of writers. Here are more photo highlights, with some from alum and grad assistant Jessamin McSwain as well as a few others.
Many thanks to Quintin Collins, @aaroncaycedokimura.bsky.social, and David Yoo for closing out our July 2026 Reading Series with a bang! Watch the recording: youtu.be/mdMTZFVV6CM
As we move through the 8th day of our July 2026 residency, we have more photo highlights by our alum and grad assistant Jessamin McSwain!
Jessamin McSwain, Adi Rule, and @zlikeinzorro.bsky.social absolutely crushed it last night! Check out the recording of their reading here: youtu.be/Jsbtg5nNU0k
We're so proud of our non-graduating students for their phenomenal readings yesterday! They brought their talent, passion, and craft to the stage and left us all in awe. Many thanks to our partner, the Auburndale Community Library, for hosting us.
Another stellar reading in the books! Congrats to Laure-Anne Bosselaar, F. Douglas Brown, and Anne-Marie Oomen. Check out the recording here: youtu.be/9zT13k717KQ
What a wonderful privilege we have to be in a thriving, compassionate community of writers! Here are many of our students, staff, faculty, and alums present for this July 2026 residency for our 20th anniversary.
We've officially entered the second half of our July 2026 residency! Here are more photo highlights by our alum and grad assistant Jessamin McSwain.
Huge congrats to our graduating students Shane Patrick Dowling, Beth Haverkamp Powers, Jay B. Snyder, and Peter Meidlinger on their awe-inspiring readings last night! Don't worry if you missed out. You can watch the recording now: youtu.be/PD6iwMCKync
As we approach the end of the first half of our July 2026 residency, we have some photo highlights courtesy of our alum and grad assistant Jessamin McSwain.
Continuing our phenomenal nights of readings, we were blown away by @jennifermurvin.bsky.social, Laura Williams McCaffrey, and Mary Simmons last night. Check out the recording here: youtu.be/7B_BtO5g3bE
What an awesome Q&A with our 4th annual Spotlight Poet Mary Simmons and @notebookscltv.bsky.social! Stay tuned for the recording of the reading that followed.
Congrats to @ethangilsdorf.bsky.social, Richard Smith, and @jedediahberry.bsky.social on a fantastic reading last night! ICYMI, the recording is live on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/h4JtQZ3HyrY
What a night for the second event in our July 2026 Evening Reading Series! If you missed out hearing @joshneufeld.bsky.social, @megkearney.bsky.social, and @tarabetts.bsky.social, watch the recording now: youtu.be/jUqpQghtNN8
The first reading of our July 2026 Reading Series was a hit! Huge congrats to Maurizio Turco, Gina Chung, Kathleen Aguero, and Kevin McLellan. Check out the recording here: youtu.be/Iwxw4BiWsr0
Join us for the final event in our July 2026 Reading Series, featuring alum and Associate Director Quintin Collins, guest faculty member @aaroncaycedokimura.bsky.social, and faculty member David Yoo. Hang with us in person or on the livestream: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
Welcome back to our students, faculty, alums, and staff for our July 2026 #solsticemfares, marking our 20th anniversary! We look forward to celebrating this milestone with a schedule full of workshops, classes, readings, and more at Lasell University. Here are some photos from orientation today.
Sunday will see me at Lasell University in Auburndale, MA, for the Solstice MFA Reading Series. bsky.app/profile/sols...
solsticemfa.bsky.social@solsticemfa.bsky.social · last mo.Join us for the third event in our July 2026 Reading Series, featuring faculty member Ethan Gilsdorf and guest faculty Richard Smith and @jedediahberry.bsky.social. Come hang with us in person or tune in via the livestream: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
Join us for the seventh event in our July 2026 Reading Series, featuring alum and grad assistant Jessamin McSwain, faculty member @adirule.bsky.social, and guest faculty @zlikeinzorro.bsky.social. Hang with us in person or on the livestream: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
Join us for the sixth event in our July 2026 Reading Series, featuring faculty member F. Douglas Brown and former faculty Laure-Anne Bosselaar and Anne-Marie Oomen. Hang with us in person or on the livestream: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
Applying to Solstice to start this January? Check out our next virtual info session on July 22 at 12 p.m. ET to learn more about us, including our curriculum, faculty, and more. Register here: applygrad.lasell.edu/register/?id...
Join us for the fifth event in our July 2026 Reading Series, featuring graduating students Shane Patrick Dowling, Beth Haverkamp Powers, @lonepiper56.bsky.social, and Peter Meidlinger. Join in person or on the livestream: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
Join us for the fourth event in our July 2026 Reading Series, featuring faculty members @jennifermurvin.bsky.social and Laura Williams McCaffrey and our 4th Spotlight Poet Mary Simmons, nominated by @notebookscltv.bsky.social. Hang with us in person or tune in via the livestream: buff.ly/fViwAs7
Join us for the third event in our July 2026 Reading Series, featuring faculty member Ethan Gilsdorf and guest faculty Richard Smith and @jedediahberry.bsky.social. Come hang with us in person or tune in via the livestream: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
Join us for the second event in our July 2026 reading series, featuring Founding Director @megkearney.bsky.social and faculty members @joshneufeld.bsky.social and Tara Betts. Come hang with us in person or tune in via the livestream: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
