Congratulations to our talented MFA students and alumni who published stories, poems, and essays this summer and early fall. Here at the Butler MFA, we celebrate hard work and enjoy seeing the result in print. Enjoy reading from this extensive list of deserving work.
Bailey Merlin’s poem “A Great Greco Roman Romance” was awarded Honorable Mention in the 84th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition.
Maria Cook published an essay, “My Maddening Quest to Get My Tubes Tied at Age 20,” this September in Marie Clare.
Laura Kendall published an essay in Vela titled “The People This Body has Housed.”
John Eckerd has two poems in the fall issue of 2River Review, “Bloomington” and “Laura” under his pen name, John Leo.
Luke Wortley’s story “A Pathetic Little Sound” is featured in Limestone: Art. Prose. Poetry.
Chris Speckman has two poems, “Preshrunk” and “Bathwater” in the Autumn 2015 edition of Rust + Moth.
Kaveh Akbar has poems published in Philadelphia Review of Books and decomP. He recently attended Bread Loaf and also received an invitation to the BOAAT Writer’s Retreat with Eduardo Corral.
Alex Mattingly has a story in the print issue of Midwestern Gothic and another in Crimespree Magazine. He was also a storyteller at Indy Tale‘s August show.
Zach Roth and Luke Wortley published their first print issue of their growing literary magazine, Axolotl.
Don’t foget about these upcoming events!
10/13: Laila Lalami reading, 7:30, Atherton Union
10/14: Laila Lalama Q & A, 12:00, ECCW
10/14: Writing Club, 10-12, ECCW
10/14: Kaveh Akbar *ahem!* endowed reading, 7:00, Broad Ripple Brewpub