Guest Writers
Workshop Faculty
Jessica Anthony
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
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 »