2019 MFA Lectores Reading Series: Kristen Arnett

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2019-06-19

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MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa

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This reading is a part of the MFA Lectores Public Reading Series with an introduction by Dr. Don Morrill. Novelist Kristen Arnett reads from her book Mostly Dead Things. Kristen Arnett is the NYT bestselling author of the debut novel Mostly Dead Things (Tin House, '19). She is a queer fiction and essay writer. She was awarded Ninth Letter's Literary Award in Fiction and is a columnist for Literary Hub. Her work has appeared at North American Review, The Normal School, Gulf Coast, TriQuarterly, Guernica, Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, McSweeneys, PBS Newshour, Bennington Review, Tin House Flash Fridays/The Guardian, Salon, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Her story collection, Felt in the Jaw, was published by Split Lip Press and was awarded the 2017 Coil Book Award. She is a Spring 2020 Shearing Fellow at Black Mountain Institute.

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Reading, Residency, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, MFA, Lectores

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