Guest Writers

We’re honored and thrilled that these incredible writers have agreed to join us for a week of wild invention this coming June!


Faculty are in residence all week; they teach daily workshops and give an evening reading followed by Q&A. Some offer Craft Sessions and one-to-one manuscript consultations.

Visiting Poets & Writers are in residence for 3 days; they teach Craft Sessions, hold one-on-one mentor meetings with independent residency participants, give an evening reading followed by Q&A, and join a panel.

Workshop Faculty

Jessica Anthony

A greyscale image of the author Jessica Anthony. She is looking to the right and smiling.

Jessica Anthony is the author of four books of fiction, most recently the novel THE MOST (Little, Brown & Co.), which was longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award in Fiction. Her novel ENTER THE AARDVARK (Little, Brown & Co.) was a finalist for the New England Book Award. Anthony’s novels have been published in… Read More »

Visiting Poets & Writers

Shastri Akella

A greyscale image of the author Shastri Akella. They are standing in front of a river with houses along the shore in the background. They are looking into the camera and smiling with their hands in their pockets.

Shastri Akella (he/they) is a queer migrant of color who is neurodivergent and comes from a working class background. Their debut novel, The Sea Elephants, was published in 2023 by Flatiron Books (USA) and Penguin (India). A queer bildungsroman set in 90s India, it was named a most anticipated debut by Good Morning America, Poets… Read More »

Noor Hindi

Noor Hindi (she/her/hers) is calling on you to join the global fight for the survival and liberation of Palestinians and all oppressed people. Anywhere and everywhere you are, you can disrupt, advocate, speak out and refuse in small and big ways. Revolution until freedom. Hindi is a Palestinian-American poet. Her debut collection of poems, Dear… Read More »

Alumni-in-Residence

‘Pemi Aguda

’Pemi Aguda is from Lagos, Nigeria. She has an MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan. Her writing has been published in Granta, Zoetrope, Ploughshares, One Story among others, and won O. Henry Prizes. Her novel-in-progress won the 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award. She was a 2021 Fiction Fellow… Read More »