MFA Program Welcomes New Students

New Butler MFA’s (“bulldog pups,” as nobody actually calls them) were welcomed to the next phase of their writing lives with an event at the Efroymson Center for Creative Writing. Young talent eager to begin their graduate writing careers nibbled hors d’oeuvres and enjoyed an array of complimentary adult beverages while alternately hiding from and casually trying to impress professors, alumni, and other Butler literati. As you’ll see from the images below, the tasteful bacchanal provided all who partook a welcome audit of the Butler MFA cast (and three different kinds of pita dip).

New Butler MFA's in the throes of the early evening revelry.
New Butler MFA’s in the throes of early evening revelry
Poetry MFA alum Allyson Horton and esteemed MFA blogger emeritus Chris Speckman
Poetry MFA alum Allyson Horton and esteemed MFA blogger emeritus Chris Speckman
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Program director Hilene Flanzbaum and fiction MFA David Marsh have organic unposed conversation
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Fiction professors Dan Barden and Ben Winters remained aggressively pleasant throughout the evening