100 High St.
Peterborough, NH 03458
(603) 924-3886
MacDowell NYC
521 West 23rd St
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 535-9690
Freedom to create.
Discipline:Literature – fiction
John Rowell
Discipline:Literature – fiction
Region:Baltimore, MD
MacDowell Fellowships:2004
John Rowell's fiction, essays, and reviews have been featured in Tin House, Bloom, and Show Business Weekly, among others. He holds an M.F.A. from the Writing Seminars at Bennington College in VT. He teaches English and fiction writing at The Gilman School of Baltimore, MD, where he also directs in the Upper School theater program. His short story collection, The Music of Your Life, was a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Prize for Best Book of the Year in 2004.
At MacDowell, John Rowell began work on his first novel, Overachievers.
Studios
MacDowell
John Rowell worked in the MacDowell studio.
Built
in 1912, Pine Studio was renamed MacDowell Studio in 1943 in
recognition of support from a group of Edward MacDowell’s music
students. It was built as a composers’ studio and the stuccoed
walls were intended to be soundproof.
Like
many of the studios on property, MacDowell was winterized in the 1950s
when the program began welcoming…
