Composition
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Watershed Lit: Center for Literary Engagement and Publishing Practice brings under one umbrella the robust and diverse initiatives that have sprouted from the Creative Writing Program since its launch in 1980. The center, which provides an efficient and effective way to articulate the community that these initiatives help cultivate, includes Fall for the Book, Stillhouse Press, the Cheuse Center for International Writers, Poetry Daily, and the Northern Virginia Writing Project, as well as literary journals phoebe and So to Speak. Each entity maintains its own focused mission, governance structure, and budget, but will benefit individually and collectively through more strategic collaboration. Watershed Lit will also foster research by faculty and professional development of students, serving as a catalyst of transformational experiences.

PhD student and Composition GTA Joan Hwang reflects on the experience of being an international graduate student during the COVID-19 pandemic

One of the biggest benefits of these courses is that faculty and students are able to reimagine what the connections between institutions such as Mason and the communities they reside in look like. -Dr. Wooten