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Read great books. Write your own great book. @Ashland_Univ's low-residency MFA. Tracks in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction. Interim dir. @NadyaWilliams81
Ashland, OH
Joined August 2009
What are writers for in the age of AI? This is a key question for writers contemplating an MFA right now. We @ashlandmfa have thoughts! Read more--and join us in the journey, as we read great books together and equip you to write your own great book! https://t.co/DHylkdRdpq
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Correcting the dates (and updated flyer posted too): April 10-11 (but the days listed here are correct, Friday evening reading and Saturday morning meet-and-greet!).
Local(ish) friends, students, alumni: we're so excited to welcome David Mason for two events on April 11-12. Please come--you will not regret it!
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It says something about how tired everyone is at this point in the semester, that about 10 people have looked over the earlier draft of this flyer with an incorrect date, and no one noticed. But anyway, here's the flyer with the correct date, and please come, one and all!
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Congratulations to @micahmattix on this exciting new literary journal--read the vision here, then subscribe and check out the feast in this first issue, including the work of a couple of writers connected with @ashlandmfa!
porticoquarterly.com
Welcome to Portico, a new literary quarterly from the Institute on Religion and Public Life. This seems like an inauspicious time to start such a publication, doesn’t it? Writing is…
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Ohio Friends: #DavidMason April 11
Local(ish) friends, students, alumni: we're so excited to welcome David Mason for two events on April 11-12. Please come--you will not regret it!
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Local(ish) friends, students, alumni: we're so excited to welcome David Mason for two events on April 11-12. Please come--you will not regret it!
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I didn't think this was possible, but reading this review makes me even MORE excited that both @StevenEKnepper and @AmitMajmudar will be at @ashlandmfa for this summer residency (well, just a one-day visit for Amit, but it will be absolutely, utterly AMAZING).
I have a review at the University Bookman (@KirkCenter) today of @AmitMajmudar's The Great Game: Essays on Poetics (@acre_books). Check it out 👇. "No one...takes poetic hairpin turns at speed like Majmudar does. His poems are full of sonic swerves and surprises..."
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Many thanks to Sarah Wells who (with poet Tania Runyan) is helming the @ashlandmfa table at #awp2026! Here are Sarah's thoughts on the experience so far. Stop by to get candy, chat, and learn more about this MFA program! https://t.co/cIearKJ8td
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The Annual Lucille Ford Speaking Contest A two- to four-minute speech on the theme "What do we gain when we give? Our responsibilities to local and global communities.” These must be recorded and submitted through the QR code Microsoft Form no later than Friday, March 20th.
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Here @ashlandmfa we believe that the American Midwest is the next best thing to the Yorkshire moors for encouraging creative writing. Join us this summer as we read great books and equip you to write your own great book!
An MFA will never prepare you to become a writer. To become a writer you must first be raised on the Yorkshire moors with your equally creative siblings, with whom you write a series of interconnected fantasy narratives
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Looking for a low-residency MFA program in the Midwest that believes writers must read a LOT (IYKYK)? @ashlandmfa is accepting applications right now to begin with this summer residency. For scholarship consideration, apply by March 1! https://t.co/DHylkdRdpq
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Ohio friends:
David Mason will be doing a reading here @Ashland_Univ on the evening of April 10, and a morning coffee on April 11 will follow. Will share more details once the space/time is finalized. @ashlandmfa local students, alumni and friends: hope you can join us for either/both events!
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Are you interested in reading great books and writing your own great book? If so, we hope you will join us @ashlandmfa! Currently accepting applications for students who will begin in the Summer Residency (the default starting term for the program). https://t.co/DHylkdRdpq
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AU’s Ashbrook Classical Theatre Company presents *Julius Caesar* — a powerful story of ambition & leadership. Feb. 20–28 | Center for the Arts, Ashland Theatre & Hayesville Opera House https://t.co/x4CoMQJFl2
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An @ashlandmfa alumna in the news!
time.com
Find out why Danielle Deadwyler is on TIME’s 2026 Closers list
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David Mason will be doing a reading here @Ashland_Univ on the evening of April 10, and a morning coffee on April 11 will follow. Will share more details once the space/time is finalized. @ashlandmfa local students, alumni and friends: hope you can join us for either/both events!
In April one of our two best narrative poets, #DavidMason, will be back in the US to promote his new book with @BorisDralyuk & other friends. Here is his tour schedule: https://t.co/RneSniq9tW
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We're excited to collaborate with Ashland Public Library on a Local Author Speaker Series at the Library this spring! First event: @AshlandSeminary's John Byron will read from his historical novel, A Week in the Life of a Slave. March 28, 2026 @ 2:00pm. https://t.co/Ji8j9vWzJJ
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Are you going to be at AWP and want to connect with @ashlandmfa? See more info here! https://t.co/jjn3umlZlt
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This, like everything @DanaGioiaPoet does, looks amazing (if curious, see more info and link to the documentary in the original thread).
Today I release my documentary on Weldon Kees, the most interesting poet you do not know about it.
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We are currently accepting application from students who would like to begin @ashlandmfa during the Summer Residency (July 12-25)! We are extra excited to report that all who apply by March 1 will be considered for one of our three new scholarships.
What are writers for in the age of AI? This is a key question for writers contemplating an MFA right now. We @ashlandmfa have thoughts! Read more--and join us in the journey, as we read great books together and equip you to write your own great book! https://t.co/DHylkdRdpq
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Happy 94th Birthday to Rhina P. Espaillat! Our poetry competition named in her honor is open for submissions:
plough.com
Plough Quarterly will select its Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award winning poems in the summer of 2026.
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