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clockwise from top-left: Catherine-Esther Cowie, Kazim Ali, Aviya Kushner, Allisa Cherry
Pacific MFA Mapmakers Alumni Institute | Featuring Catherine-Esther Cowie '20, Kazim Ali, Allisa Cherry '21, & Aviya Kushner
Joy Harjo
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will be joining Pacific University's Visiting Writers Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. 
David James MFA '13 published his 10th volume of poetry, Mobius Trips with Dos Madres Press in Loveland, Ohio.
Pacific MFA poetry student N.L. Shompole
Pacific MFA poetry student N.L. Shompole awarded the Mapmakers Teaching Assistantship
Larry Feign MFA '12
Larry Feign MFA '12 is slated to publish his first novel for adults, The Flower Boat Girl.
Mapmakers Alumni Institute: Beyond Ekphrastic. Register now for this summer session. This virtual event is free and open to the public
Reginald Dwayne Betts, Ted Chiang, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Larry Siems, Kirby Kim, Nicole Sealey
MFA Welcomes June 2021 Residency Guests
Kao Kalia Yang and Danusha Laméris
Pacific MFA in Writing welcomes two new faculty: nonfiction writer Kao Kalia Yang and poet Danusha Laméris.
Paul Rowley MFA '12 was named one of two Indigenous grant winners from the 2021 Tinworks Artists Grant in April.
Scott Korb
Scott Korb, who directs Pacific University's low-residency MFA in Writing program, was awarded the Walt Morey Fellowship by Oregon Literary Arts.

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