Creative Writing Program fosters success, readies for 2010-’11 reading series

Sept 16

Based at BBC, the program often has been cited a “crown jewel” for the campus and the College of Arts and Sciences. Its Barnes & Noble Writers on the Bay Reading Series kicks off Sept. 19 with an MFA Alumni Reading at Books & Books in Coral Gables. Dennis Lehane. [...]

“Shutter Island,” based on Panther’s work, now in theaters

Photo: Paramount Pictures.

Today marked the arrival in movie theaters across the nation of Shutter Island, the Martin Scorsese-directed adaptation of the novel of the same title written by Dennis Lehane ’01, a graduate of FIU’s Creative Writing Program. Starring an all-star cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, the thriller follows the story of [...]