Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing

Named for Bucknell's renowned literary alumnus and initiated in the fall of 1993, the Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing offers up to four months of unfettered writing time for a writer working on a first or second book of fiction or creative nonfiction. The residency provides lodging in Bucknell's "Poets' Cottage" and a stipend of $5,000.

In the spring semester of 2018, the Stadler Center will be accepting applications for the 2019-20 Roth Residences (August-December 2019 and February-May 2020) The application deadline for both residencies is Feb. 1, 2019. Please note: The Roth Residence is no longer awarded to poets; only writers of fiction and/or literary nonfiction are eligible. Eligibility and application requirements will be available this fall.

2018-19 Philip Roth Residents

Aurora Masum-Javed

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Poetry Reading: Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. Bucknell Hall

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Fall 2018 Philip Roth Resident

Aurora Masum-Javed

Aurora Masum-Javed is a poet, performer, and educator. She holds an MFA from Cornell University, where she was also a lecturer in the English department.

Her work can be found in Nimrod, Black Warrior Review, Aster(ix), Callaloo, Jaggery, and So To Speak. She was the winner of the Winter Tangerine Award, and a finalist for the Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize as well as the Flash Prose Contest. She has received fellowships from Callaloo, Squaw Valley, Pink Door, and BOAAT.

Sophie Klahr

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Poetry Reading: Tuesday, Feb. 26 at noon in Walls Lounge (ELC 213); buffet lunch provided

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Spring 2019 Philip Roth Resident

Sophie Klahr

Sophie Klahr is the author of Meet Me Here At Dawn (YesYes Books, 2016) and the chapbook ________ Versus Recovery (Pilot Books, 2007). Her poetry appears in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, AGNI, and elsewhere.

She is a long-time editor at Gigantic Sequins, where she is the co-editor and creator of the annual Teen Sequins feature. Her interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with the dance theatre company inFluxdance and choreography for the world premiere of Dorothy Hoover's play "Sahara Tahoe" (2016). Originally from Pittsburgh, PA she lives mostly in Northern California or rural Nebraska.

Former Roth Residents

Spring 2018 Meghan Lamb (prose)
Fall 2017 Ngwah Mbo-Nkweti (prose)
Spring 2017 Raena Shirali (poetry)
Fall 2016 Jessica Frank (poetry)
Spring 2016 Martha Park (prose)
Fall 2015 Christina Nichol (prose)
Spring 2015 Diana Khoi Nguyen (poetry)
Fall 2014 Corey Miller (poetry)
Spring 2014 Alexander Lumans (prose)
Fall 2013 Tennessee Jones (prose)
2012-13 Justin Boening (poetry)
2011-12 Smith Henderson (prose)
2010-11 Leslie Harrison (poetry)
2009-10 Mike Scalise (prose)
2008-09 Eduardo Corral (poetry)
2007-08 Rajesh Parameswaran (fiction)
2006-07 Beth Martinelli (poetry)
2005-06 Emily Rapp (fiction)
2004-05 Melora Wolff (poetry)
2003-04 Michelle Hoover (fiction)

Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing

Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts

2018-19 Philip Roth Residents

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Fall 2018 Philip Roth Resident

Aurora Masum-Javed

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Spring 2019 Philip Roth Resident

Sophie Klahr

Former Roth Residents

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