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For general questions about the MFA in Creative Writing at EWU, please contact:

MFA at EWU
Lisa Denker
Catalyst Building 438
601 East Riverside Avenue, Spokane, WA  99202
E: ldenker@ewu.edu
P: 509.828.1317

For general questions about the undergraduate degree in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing, please contact:

Department of English and Philosophy

Lisa Denker: Secretary Senior
E: ldenker@ewu.edu

Terry MacMullan, PhD: Department Chair
E: tmacmullan@ewu.edu 

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Gregory Spatz

Professor, Program Director
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Catalyst Room #443

Lisa Denker

Senior Secretary
EWU Creative Writing, Public Administration, and Urban and Regional Planning
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Polly Buckingham

Senior Lecturer
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Patterson Hall 203

Jonathan Johnson

Professor
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Natalie Kusz

Associate Professor
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Samuel Ligon

Professor
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Rachel Toor

Professor
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Emeritus Faculty

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Christopher Howell

Professor Emeritus
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Christopher Howell’s Light’s Ladder won the Washington State Book Award in 2005. His poems, essays, and translations have also appeared in a number of anthologies and journals, including Antioch ReviewColorado ReviewCrazy HorseDenver QuarterlyFieldGettysburg ReviewHarper’sHudson ReviewIowa ReviewNorthwest ReviewPoetry NorthwestSouthern Review and Volt. He has been the recipient of three Pushcart Prizes and two National Endowment fellowships, as well as a number of other awards.