Middlesex CC’s Professor of English to Speak to Students on Writing

Middlesex Community College’s Professor of English Thomas Laughlin will speak to students as part of the college’s Visiting Writers Series at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 1 in the Lowell Campus Federal Building, Assembly Room.

“I love teaching writing at MCC, helping students to build connections, strengthen their voices, reflect on and engage with the dialogues of the world around them, and explore creative ways to reach their audiences of readers and listeners using their intellect and imagination,” Laughlin said. “It’s wonderful to see the sparkle in students’ eyes, hear their thoughtful questions, and feel their enthusiastic energy when they have an opportunity to hear published writers read and discuss their work, their writing processes, and their life journeys.”

Laughlin has taught creative writing, literature and composition courses at Middlesex for over 20 years. He is also the coordinator of readings and events for MCC’s Creative Writing Program and has taught literature classes in two Massachusetts prisons.

Laughlin’s poetry has been featured in Green Mountains Review, Ibbetson Street, Sand Hills Literary Magazine, Drunk Monkeys, Blue Mountain Review, Superpresent Magazine, Muddy River Poetry Review, Grey Sparrow Journal, Hare’s Paw Literary Journal, Rockvale Review, Molecule, and MCC’s Dead River Review among others.

His chapter book of poetry “The Rest of the Way” was published by Finishing Line Press in August 2022. Laughlin is also a founding editor of Vortext, a literary journal at Massasoit Community College and a volunteer staff reader for the literary journal Ploughshares.

MCC’s Visiting Writers Series is co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Program and the Office of Student Engagement.