About Assignment | The Official Podcast of the Mountainview MFA at SNHU
The official podcast of the official literary magazine of the Mountainview MFA and SNHU! Profile art by @danielleklebes on instagram from the cover of our forthcoming Summer 2026 issue.
Students chat about writing, the program, and life after graduation during the Summer 2025 SNHU Mountainview MFA Residency
2 Dec 2024
Assignment Podcast - Author Reads Series - Episode 2
Mountainview MFA students and faculty share their latest writing and discuss the craft of fiction, offering insights into the writing process and the power of storytelling.
In this special episode of Assignment Podcast, join us at our Summer 2024 Residency as we chat with new students and veteran students and learn about their experience in the Mountainview program.
28 Jun 2024
Assignment Podcast - Author Reads Series - Episode 1
Six authors from the "Renewal" Issue of Assignment Literary Magazine read their work.
20 May 2024
Assignment Podcast - Author Interview Series - Episode 2: Benjamin Nugent
Assignment Podcast - Author Interview Series - Episode 2: Benjamin Nugent by Mountainview MFA
19 Apr 2024
Assignment Podcast - Author Interview Series - Episode 3: Justin Taylor
Assignment Podcast - Author Interview Series - Episode 3: Justin Taylor by Mountainview MFA
31 Mar 2024
Assignment Podcast - Editor Round Table Series - Episode 2: Spotify's Terms and Conditions
Assignment Podcast - Editor Round Table Series - Episode 2: Spotify's Terms and Conditions by Mountainview MFA
Welcome to our introductory episode Imposter Syndrome for our series Editor Round Tables where Savannah and Lauren talk about craft, being a writer, or anything else relevant to the creation of great literature.
3 Oct 2023
Assignment S2E1: Interview with Jo Knowles
Esteemed Mountainview faculty member and award-winning young adult/middle grade author Jo Knowles joins the podcast to discuss the experience of having books banned and the detrimental impact censorship is having on youth. She also touches on getting her start in writing and her latest venture, Revise and Shine.
14 Jun 2023
Assignment S1E4: Interview with Librettist David Simpatico
Mountainview MFA alum and celebrated librettist David Simpatico sits down with Rebecca and Gillian to discuss his award-winning career. Simpatico shares the inspiration behind some of his most notable works, the libretto creation process and the role that Mountainview played in his journey.
DAVID SIMPATICO is a playwright, librettist and performance artist whose work has been presented at major theatres around the globe, including London’s Hammersmith Apollo, Lincoln Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the New York Shakespeare Festival. Career highlights include: the stage adaptation of High School Musical (Disney Theatricals); The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing (full-length opera; Justine Chen, composer; commissioned by American Lyric Theatre); The Screams of Kitty Genovese ( music drama, Will Todd, composer); and the libretto for Pulitzer Prize-winner Aaron J. Kernis’ Garden Of Light (NY Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, conducted by Kurt Masur).
8 Apr 2023
Assignment S1E3: The Audio Issue
Hosts Rebecca Dragon and Gillian Kemmerer read six submissions to the Assignment Magazine audio issue, the first of its kind. The poetry pieces range in topic from motherhood to New Year’s resolutions.
28 Mar 2023
Assignment S1E2: Interview with Phil Lemos
Hosts Rebecca Dragon and Gillian Kemmerer get together with Phil Lemos, an alum of the MFA, Mountainview MFA and certificate program at SNHU, as well as an adjunct professor. Lemos discusses his motivations for pursuing an MFA, experience of the various programs and much more. He reads from his own work as well as an excerpt from faculty member Tracy O’Neill.
7 Mar 2023
Assignment S1E1: How We Got Here
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Assignment, the official podcast of the Mountainview MFA Program at SNHU. Your hosts Rebecca Dragon ‘23 and Gillian Kemmerer ‘24 discuss their unique roads to Mountainview and the highlights of the program. They finish with readings from the works of two prominent alumni—Keith Gave and Courtney Elizabeth Young.
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