AY 2021-2022 MFA Program in Creative Writing and Alumni Updates
July 14, 2022
Alumni publications and recent placements.
Recent Alumni Book Publications
Released in AY 2021-2022
- Elizabeth Acevedo (MFA, 2015), Inheritance: A Visual Poem (Quill Tree Books, May 2022), illustrated by Andrea Pippins
- Aaron Brown (MFA, 2015), Call Me Exile (Stephen F. Austin University Press, April 2022) and Less Than You Once Were (Unsolicited Press, April 2022)
- James Hoch (MFA, 2000), Radio Static (Green Linden Press, December 2021) and Last Pawn Shop in New Jersey (Louisiana State University Press, February 2022)
- Tyler Mills (MFA, 2008), City Scattered (Tupelo Press, April 2022)
- Kimberly O’Connor (MFA, 2009), White Lung (Saturnalia Books, October 2021)
- Leigh Ann Ruggiero (MFA, 2007), Unfollowers (University of Massachusetts Press, March 2022)
- Allison Wyss (MFA, 2013), Splendid Anatomies (Veliz Books, March 2022)
- Hananah Zaheer (MFA, 2003), Lovebirds (Bull City Press, October 2021)
- Jesal Kanani (MFA, 2006), Tanpura's Strum: A Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poems (Global Collective Publishers, September 2021)
- Sara Burnett (MFA, 2012), Seed Celestial, winner of the 2021 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize, selected by Eileen Myles, forthcoming in Fall 2022
- Zein El-Amine (MFA, 2010), Is This How You Eat a Watermelon, winner of the 2021 Megaphone Prize, forthcoming from Radix Media in November of 2022
Recent Alumni Placements
Accepted in AY 2021-2022
- Emily Banks (MFA, 2015) accepted a Visiting Assistant Professor position at Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana, beginning in Fall 2022. This is a three-year position with a potential tenure-track conversion in Creative Writing and American Literature.