In Thanksgiving

The Butler MFA is thankful for the people who make our creative writing program first-rate. The talented faculty and staff, our hard working students, the beautiful Efrormson Center for Creative Writing, the unique student service opportunities, and the award-winning visiting writers series all combine to create a supportive writing community.

At any given time, the Efroymson Center for Creative Writing is full of award-winning authors, engaging classes and workshops, poetry luncheons, writing club, Booth round tables, students working, friends gathering, or Ty cooking bacon. Earlier this month, Dialogue, the MFA student-run writing workshop, gathered for MFAnksgiving to celebrate the rejuvenation of Dialogue.


 The writing community reaches beyond the house. Last Tuesday, Butler poet alum and creator of Divedapper, Kaveh Akbar, returned to Indianapolis to participate in a poetry reading also including Butler MFA candidate Rachel Sahaidachny. Many Butler students, alumni, and professors packed Printtext in encouragement.

If you missed the Printtext poetry reading, you’ll get another chance to hear Rachel read and witness the amazing support of our MFA community at The Akbar, a community reading on December 16th at the Broad Ripple Brewpub. Other readers for the December Akbar include MFA candidate Greg O’Neill and Butler alumna Emma Hudelson.

Also, Dialogue will be meeting in the ECCW this Friday at 5:30.