Contact Us
For more information about the Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh, please contact us:
Director of Writing Program
Peter Trachtenberg
Office: CL 501-R
tshakti@pitt.edu
Writing Program & Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series Assistant
Andrea Laurion
Office: CL 526
412-624-6508
arl117@pitt.edu
Director of Graduate Studies
Tyler Bickford
Office: CL 526
412-624-2613
bickford@pitt.edu
Graduate Administrator
Jesse Daugherty
Office: CL 526
412-624-6549
engrad@pitt.edu
Advising
Office: CL 501-C
Mark Kemp mkemp@pitt.edu 412-624-6656
Jeff Aziz jeffaziz@pitt.edu 412-624-2228
Lori Campbell camenenglish@verizon.net
FROM THE DIRECTOR
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Graduate Testimonials
research assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh
Some time after I completed my MFA at the University of Pittsburgh, an interviewer asked me how my writing career began, and my rather lengthy response ended with a description of my time in the program. During the three years of my MFA, I said, “I felt like I was always ripping apart and reinventing my practice, as muscles rip when we exercise in order to grow.” This was largely thanks to the mentorship of Pitt’s outstanding poetry faculty, who challenged me continuously while still affirming belief in my writing.
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