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The Creative Writing Forum
The Creative Writing Forum at CCBC was established in 1986 to foster the development of writing students in Baltimore County high schools and community colleges. Each spring the Forum invites an acclaimed writer to read and brings together students and local writers in workshops devoted to addressing young writers’ questions about the art and craft of writing.
Andrei Codrescu
Born in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania, poet, essayist and novelist Andrei Codrescu has been contributing commentaries to NPR's award-winning newsmagazine All Things Considered since 1983.
Codrescu's poetry, short stories, and novels have been widely translated. He wrote and starred in "Road Scholar," a Peabody Award-winning travel documentary about the United States, based on the book of the same name. His works include Alien Candor: Selected Poems, 1970-1997; six collections of essays; and four novels.
Among his recent books are New Orleans Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writing from the City, and it was today: new poems.
Codrescu is currently the MacCurdy Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. He writes a newspaper column and edits Exquisite Corpse (corpse.org), a monthly review of books and ideas.
Andrei divides his time between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.