Careers

A writer's life in Boston and beyond

Graduates of Emerson's MFA program are award-winning writers and poets who publish novels, story and poetry collections, memoirs and critical essays, and who have their work featured in a variety of popular and literary magazines. Many balance their writing pursuits with complementary positions in the worlds of publishing and education. Some have gone on to establish their own literary journals and many teach in colleges and universities around the country.

Selected books by Emerson MFA alumni

• Carol A. Amato, Backyard Pets: Activities for Exploring Wildlife Close to Home, 2002
• Tea Benuhn, Gravel Queen, 2003
• Sheila Darragh, Final Arrangements, 2004
• Carmit Delman, Burnt Bread & Chutney: Growing Up Between Cultures – A Memoir of an Indian Jewish Girl, 2002
• Denise Duhamel, Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems, 2001
• Tom Eslick, Mountain Peril, 2005
• Ellen Goodenow, Stuck On You, 2004
• Allison Green, Half-Moon Scar, 2001
• Johannah Haney, Juvenile Diabetes, 2005
• Alexis D'orio Hansen, One Life's Dream, 2005
• Lisa Jahn-Clough, Alicia's Best Friends, 2003
• Don Lee, Yellow, 2002
• Michel Lee, Paradise Dance, 2002
• Beth Leibson-Hawkins, I'm Too Young to Have Breast Cancer, 2004
• Chris Lynch, Freewill, 2002
• Risa Miller, Welcome to Heavenly Heights, 2003
• Susan Nusser, In Service to the Horse, 2003
• Josh Pahigian and Kevin O'Connell, The Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip, 2004
• Charlotte Pence, The Writer's Path: Creative Exercises for Meaningful Essays, 2004
• Mori Ponsowy, Enemigos Afuera [Enemies Outside], 2004
• Mori Ponsowy, Los Colores de Inmaculada, 2006
• Stephen Power, Spirit Warriors: Interviews with American Sikhs, 2005
• Christina Pugh, Rotary, 2004
• Kathleen Rooney, Reading with Oprah: The Book Club that Changed America, 2005
• Remy Rougeau, All We Know of Heaven, 2001
• Eric Shapiro, It's Only Temporary, 2005
• Olen Steinhauer, The Bridge of Sighs, 2003
• Laurie Stolarz, Blue is for Nightmares, 2003
• Janet Tashjian, The Gospel According to Larry, 2002
• Darcy Wakefield, I Remember Running, 2005
• Kim Albon Whitney, See You Down the Road, 2004
• Steven Withrow, Toon Art: The Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning, 2003
• Steven Withrow, Webcomics: Tools and Techniques for Digital Cartooning, 2005
• Lara Zeises, Anyone But You, 2005
• Lara Zeises, Bringing Up the Bones, 2002