“Seminar,” a play starring Alan Rickman as a preening, acid-tongued teacher running roughshod over a group of tender aspiring writers, opened a few weeks ago on Broadway. Reviews have prompted all the ...

Students in Mark Marino’s Writing 340 class at the University of Southern California say the professor always walks into the classroom with a smile, and always begins by giving out carrots.

A new group of talented writers has entered the literary world. Earlier this month, the College of Arts and Sciences graduated its first class of Creative Writing MFA students. The low-residency ...