MFA in Writing Archive

Tyehimba Jess is the author of two books of poetry, Leadbelly (Wave, 2005) and Olio (Wave, 2016). Olio won...

Alexander Chee is the bestselling author of the novels Edinburgh (2001) and The Queen of the Night (2016). His essay collection,...

Tere Dávila of San Juan, Puerto Rico is the author of the short story collections El fondillo maravilloso and Lego. In 2016...

Born in Actopan, Mexico, in 1970, Yuri Herrera studied Politics in Mexico, Creative Writing in El Paso and took his PhD in literature at Berkeley. ...

Mary Cappello is the author of five books of literary nonfiction, including Awkward: A Detour (Bellevue Literary Press, 2007), a Los Angeles ...

Victor LaValle is the award-winning author of slapboxing with jesus (Vintage, 1999), The Ecstatic (Crown, 2002), Big Machine (Spiegel...

Ada Limón is the author of four books of poetry, including Bright Dead Things (Milkweed Editions, 2015), which was named a finalist for...

Emily Raboteau is known for writing about race, identity, and social justice. She is author of the novel The Professor's Daughter (Henry Holt,...

Kyle Dargan is the author of four collections of poetry, Honest Engine (2015), Logorrhea Dementia (2010), Bouquet of Hungers...

J.  Kates is a poet, literary translator, and the president and co-director of Zephyr Press. He has been awarded three National Endowment for the Arts...