FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Creative Writing Program’s Manhattanville Review Celebrates First Anniversary Sunday, May 25th 2014 The Manhattanville Review, an online journal created by Manhattanville College’s MFA in Creative Writing Program. This year The Manhattan Review is celebrating its one­year anniversary with a reading at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City Sunday, May 25. The Manhattanville Review is a reincarnation of Inkwell, the MFA Program’s former literary journal, which is no longer in print. Unlike its predecessor, the Manhattanville Review is exclusively online. Tiffany Ferrentini, one of the editors of the Manhattanville Review, noted that being online yeilds to its editors to use a web platform; easily submittable, collect submissions, which allows each of the editors to make notes on each piece. Working on the Manhattanville Review gives students in the MFA Program the opportunity to get involved in the editorial process in addition to improving their writing skills. The anniversary celebration, on MAy 25th, will feature readings from Erika K. Stanley ‘13, winner of this year’s Alumni Contest, Charif Shanahan, contributor and programs director for the Poetry Society of America, Dina Nayeri, author of “A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea,” and Manhattanville Professor Elizabeth Eslami, contributor and winner of the Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction. The event will begin at 6 p.m. May 25th, and is free and open to all who want to attend. Find out more by visiting its Facebook Page.

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Manhattanville College School of Graduate and Professional Studies: Manhattanville College School of Graduate and Professional Studies (http://gps.mville.edu) is an independent, co­educational liberal arts institution dedicated to academic excellence and social and civic action. Manhattanville prepares students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community. Located just 30 minutes from New York City, Manhattanville serves 1,700 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students from more than 50 countries and 30 states. Founded in 1841, the College offers more than 50 undergraduate areas of study in the arts and sciences, and offers graduate programs in Education, Business, Creative Writing, as well as, Degree Completion assistance, Continuing and Executive Education programs.