Charles Rafferty, M.F.A.
| Department | English and Communications |  |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Lecturer | |
| Background | B.A. Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Literature and Language M.F.A. University of Arkansas, Creative Writing | |
| Office | Aquinas Hall | |
| crafferty@albertus.edu | ||
| Description | Teaching PhilosophyThe writing workshop is the best way for writers to get feedback and to hone their critical skills. The goal is to build up the faculties of our internal editors so that we don't need to rely on workshops forever. If things go perfectly, the students learn to see what others see. They understand that some poems fail because of just one word ' as troubling as a hornet on the railing of a crib. They learn to find it, and to say it better. Writing PhilosophyI'm not someone who believes the writer should wait for inspiration. It's the job of the writer to find the inspiration. This is hard work. It involves constant revision. It necessitates the ability to surprise oneself. It requires some kind of schedule, a selfishness, a promise that you will give the best hour of the day to your art. Don't turn on the TV until you've written at least one beautiful sentence. To have successful poems over the long haul, you must be the kind of person who dusts the furniture when there is no hope of visitors. The 50 Books That Had the Biggest Impact on My Writing (in no particular order)
Selected Publications and PrizesPrizes 2021: Connecticut Artist Fellowship Award 2019: Third Place for the 2019 VERA Awards (Vestal Review) for "Inadvertent Mousetrap" 2019: Longlist for the Wigleaf 50 - "The Blue Piano" 2018: Finalist for the Connecticut Book Award 2017: Write Well Award for "The Silver Smile of the Hatchet" 2016: Nano Fiction Prize 2015: Vella Chapbook Contest, Paper Nautilus Press 2013: Annual Poetry Book Contest, Steel Toe Books 2009: National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship 2009: Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism Poetry Fellowship 2003: River Styx International Poetry Contest 2001: Connecticut Poetry Society Brodine/Brodinsky Prize 2001: Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship 1999: Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize in Poetry 1995: The Lyric Memorial Prize 1994: Arkansas Poetry Award 1994: Painted Bride Quarterly Poetry Contest 1993: Still Waters Press Chapbook Award Fiction Books Moscodelphia. Norwalk, CT: Woodhall Press. 2021. Somebody Who Knows Somebody. Boston, MA: Gold Wake Press, 2021. Saturday Night at Magellan's. Burlington, VT: Fomite Press, 2013. Poetry Books A Cluster of Noisy Planets. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, 2021. The Smoke of Horses. Rochester, NY. BOA Editions, 2017. The Unleashable Dog. Bowling Green, KY: Steel Toe Books, 2014. A Less Fabulous Infinity. Hammond, LA: Louisiana Literature Press, 2006. During the Beauty Shortage. Denver, NC: M2 Press, 2005. Where the Glories of April Lead. Denver, NC: Mitki/Mitki Press, 2001. The Man on the Tower. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 1995. Poetry Chapbooks The Problem With Abundance. West Hartford, CT: Grayson Books, 2019. Something an Atheist Might Bring Up at a Cocktail Party. Mayapple Press. 2018. Diminution. Enfield, CT: Paper Nautilus Press, 2016. Appetites. Clemson, SC: Clemson University Press, 2011. A Trayful of Brimming Martinis. Fayetteville, AR: Picadilly Press, 2003. A Darkness With Brighter Stars. Fayetteville, AR: Picadilly Press, 2000. The Bog Shack. Fayetteville, AR: Picadilly Press, 1996. The Wave That Will Beach Us Both. Galloway Township, NJ: Still Waters Press, 1994. Courses I Teach in the MFA ProgramEN 500: Writing Portfolio EN 543: Seminar in Poetry I EN 643: Seminar in Poetry II EN 522: Readings in Poetry EN 692: Master Project Links to Published WorkPoems: http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/charles-rafferty Interview: http://www.indiebound.org/author-interviews/raffertycharles Poems: http://www.escapeintolife.com/poetry/charles-rafferty/ Poem: https://www.arts.gov/writers-corner/bio/charles-rafferty Story: http://www.cortlandreview.com/issue/54/rafferty_f.php Poem and Story: https://citronreview.com/tag/charles-rafferty/ Poem and Interview: http://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com/2009/08/charles-rafferty.html Aphorisms: https://blog.superstitionreview.asu.edu/author/charles-rafferty/ | |