The program leading to the master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degree in creative writing is a studio/academic course of study, designed to accommodate imaginative and intellectual diversity. Students enroll in writing workshops, forms courses, and literature classes, gaining exposure to a broad range of w…
Farren Stanley's place-of-origin is New Mexico, though she currently resides in Tuscaloosa, AL where she is an MFA candidate in Poetry and the managing editor of Black Warrior Review. She has pieces published or forthcoming in Marginalia and Caketrain. Farren lives with a dog, a cat, and an assortment of orchids and blogs at anatomyofadress.wordpress.com. J. Kirk Maynard is an MFA candidate at the University of Alabama. His poetry and reviews are published or forthcoming in Blueline Literary Journal, White Whale Review, Arch, and Black Warrior Review. He lives in Tuscaloosa with his fiancee Jessica and their dog Lucy.
Tom Cotsonas was born in Rochester, NY. Most of the time he lives in Tuscaloosa, AL, where he's an MFA student, but other times he lives in Brooklyn, NY. His fiction has appeared in Web Conjunctions. David Andrews lives and writes in Tuscaloosa, AL. This is his first public reading.