40 Under 40: Christopher D. DiCicco ’13M

Familial accolades aside, my first book, So My Mother, She Lives in the Clouds: And Other Stories, was my greatest achievement until I designed and implemented my own writing curriculum. The course is the natural product of time dedicated to writing, my own craft, and the writing community’s, and it is where I provide the greatest service to literacy. I wanted students to write like they were creating art, to examine the craft as just that. You can walk into one of my classes, classes catering to more than 130 students, and find them, entire classes of adolescents, crafting—writing and creating—and it’s beautiful.”