Congratulations to our many MFA students, alum, and faculty who have been recently published. Congratulations and write on!
Faculty
“The Possibility of Joy,” written by MFA program director and professor Hilene Flanzbaum, has been chosen for inclusion in O’s Little Book Of Happiness, an anthology of articles by the magazine’s notable contributors. The essay originally appeared in the October 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. In addition, Hilene has recently published two poems. From the Midrashic sonnets, “Nehil’im” was published in the Massachusetts Review, Volume XV, no. 3, and “Sarah Speaks” was published in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal, October 14, 2014.
Chris Speckman, MFA alum and Butler’s Writing in the Schools professor and program coordinator, has two poems, “PSA for White American Men Who Listen to Hip Hop” and “Stamina”, forthcoming in Harpur Palate 14.2. Another poem, “Elegy for J Dilla”, is forthcoming in the anthology It Was Written: Poetry Inspired by Hip-Hop, edited by Jason McCall & P. J. Williams, which will be published by Minor Arcana Press in 2016.
Poetry Professor, Alessandra Lynch’s poem “Magnolia” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by 32 magazine.Students
Laura Kindall’s personal essay, “Inheritance” will be in the upcoming issue of The Tahoma Literary Review.
Luke Wortley’s story, “Sarah” is now available online at Pea River Journal
An interview with visiting professor Alix Lambert in which she discusses her new documentary, Mentor, recently appeared in The Rumpus.
Susan Lerner’s personal essay, “Mac and Me” is also up at The Rumpus.
John Eckhart published a prose poem called “Shadowboxing” with Bareknuckle Poet.
Emma Hudelson has several articles printed in The Elephant Journal , including “It’s all about the Benjamins”.
Kaveh Akbar’s blog Divedapper was highlighted at The Rumpus. He also published “The Poet and hisPostcards” at The Awl.
Zach Roth and Luke Wortley published the third issue of Axolotl Magazine.
Alumni
Alex Mattingly participated in a reading for IndeTale, now available at IndeTale podcast.
Eliza Tudor recently published a story in Chicago’s Graze Magazine.
Natalie Solmer’s poem “It Was Mango Season” is forthcoming in Louisville Review Spring 2015.
Tracy Mishkin’s chapbook, I Almost Didn’t Make It to McDonald’s, was published by Finishing Line Press in August 2014. She also took second place in the Fountain Square Masterpiece in a Day contest with her poem “Masterpiece in an Hour,” which is featured in Punchnel’s. “Portrait of My Son from Several Angles” and “Judgment Call” appeared on the blog Monday Coffee and Other Stories.