Nine soon-to-be graduates of the Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program will give a reading today (April 28) at 7:30 p.m. in the Milano Room of the Downtown Library. The reading is free and open to the public.
“This is an exciting way to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of nine dedicated writers,” Mark Brazaitis, director of the WVU Creative Writing program said. “It will be a delight to hear them read their fiction, poetry, and works of nonfiction.”
The MFA in Creative Writing program typically receives more than 100 applications for nine positions. In the three years they are in the program, students take creative writing workshops as well as classes in literature, professional writing and editing, and pedagogy.
The nine students giving the reading are:
Nonfiction writers: Rachael Bradley, West Bloomfield, Michigan; Katie Clendenin, Charleston; and Kasey Shaw, Springfield, Ohio.
Gabriel Bass, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Sharon Reynolds, Dobbs Ferry, New York; and Caroline Riley, Rockville, Maryland.
Fiction writers: Vahid Arefi, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Karen Klein, Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Morgan Roediger, Wapakoneta, Ohio.