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MFA Programs in Writing present readings by:
Nikki Wallschlaeger, Lindsay Turner and
Melissa Broder
Light refreshments and book sale at the event
All are welcome to join!
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Humanities Gateway 1030
@5:30pm
Nikki Wallschlaeger is the author of the poetry collections Hold Your Own (Copper Canyon Press, 2024); Waterbaby (Copper Canyon Press, 2021); Crawlspace (Bloof Books, 2017); and Houses (Horseless Press 2015). She has also published the graphic book I Hate Telling You How I Really Feel (Bloof Books, 2019).
Lindsay Turner is the author of the poetry collections The Upstate (University of Chicago Press, 2023) and Songs & Ballads (Prelude Books, 2018). Her translations from the French include books by Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Anne Dufourmantelle, Stéphane Bouquet, Frédéric Neyrat, Richard Rechtman, Ryoko Sekiguchi, and others. Originally from northeast Tennessee, she lives in Cleveland, Ohio, where she is Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Case Western Reserve University.
Melissa Broder is the author of the novels DEATH VALLEY, MILK FED, and THE PISCES, the essay collection SO SAD TODAY, and five poetry collections, including SUPERDOOM: Selected Poems and LAST SEXT. Her books are translated in over ten languages. She lives in Los Angeles.