{"id":441,"date":"2020-11-16T13:29:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T17:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?p=441"},"modified":"2021-06-17T17:44:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T21:44:35","slug":"the-cwpa-mfa-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/2020\/11\/16\/the-cwpa-mfa-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"The CWPA MFA Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Rasha Alkhateeb is a poet and graduate student at UB’s MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts program. She provides a list of reading recs from our own MFA alumni.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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Created in 2004 by Professors Emeriti Kendra Kopelke and Steve Matanle, the University of Baltimore’s (UB) MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts is a community for writers and artists. The program is housed in the Liberal Arts and Policy Building, with a view of the Mount Vernon arts district just a couple blocks away. UB MFA grads write in every imaginable genre about everything unimaginable. They’re just that creative.<\/p>\r\n

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Brion Gill \u201917 (AKA: Lady Brion)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is a spoken word poet and author of\u00a0With My Head Unbowed<\/em>, a collection of poems about \u201cthe Black struggle, gender equality, and women\u2019s empowerment.\u201d She competed in and won the 2016 National Poetry Slam Champion title and represented Baltimore in the Women of the World Poetry Slam. Gill teaches poetry workshops in Maryland prisons and group homes.<\/p>\r\n

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Tracy Gold \u201916<\/strong>\u00a0is a writer, editor, and mom living in Baltimore. She writes short stories, essays, and novels, with two picture books set to be published in 2021,\u00a0Everyone\u2019s Sleepy but the Baby<\/em>\u00a0from Sourcebooks and\u00a0Trick or Treat, Bugs to Eat<\/em>\u00a0from Familius. She blogs about the writing process, publishing tips, and negotiating book deals\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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Ron Williams \u201916<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is a poet and solo performance artist. His collection of poems and essays,\u00a0Black Freak Mosh Heaven,<\/em> embodies parallel themes to his autobiographical one man show, Dreadlocks, Rock \u2018n Roll and Human Rights<\/em>, both of which examine racism, humanity, and identity. He has been performing for 20 years.<\/p>\r\n

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Anthony Moll \u201914<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is a Baltimore-based writer and educator. Published by Mad Creek Books in 2018,\u00a0Out of Step: A Memoir\u00a0<\/em>is Moll\u2019s \u201cqueer coming-of-age story\u201d in the U.S. army during \u201cDon\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell.\u201d His works focus on LGBTQI+ studies and multicultural approaches to contemporary American literature. Out of Step\u00a0<\/em>received a Lambda Award. He completed his Ph.D. in English at Morgan State University in May 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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Rafe Posey \u201911\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>teaches writing at a maximum-security prison in Maryland. His debut fiction novel,\u00a0The Stars We Share,\u00a0<\/em>from Pamela Dorman Books\/Viking Press, is available for pre-order at independent bookstores and online sellers. Posey\u2019s MFA chapbook,\u00a0The Book of Broken Hymns<\/em>, was a 2012 Lambda Literary Awards finalist.<\/p>\r\n

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As you\u2019re searching through Goodreads for book recommendations or giving into your targeted ads, consider picking up one of our alumni\u2019s books. Read what we\u2019re reading\u2014and writing!\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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