2019 MFA Lectores Reading Series: Jason Ockert and Jerrod Schwarz

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2019-06-20

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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. Jason Ockert is the author of Wasp Box, a novel, and two collections of short stories: Neighbors of Nothing and Rabbit Punches. He is the winner of the Dzanc Short Story Collection Contest, the Atlantic Monthly Fiction Contest and the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award. His work has appeared in journals and anthologies including New Stories from the South, Best American Mystery Stories, Oxford American, The Iowa Review and many others. He teaches writing at Coastal Carolina University and also teaches in the MFA program at The University of Tampa. Jerrod Schwarz teaches creative writing at The University of Tampa and STEM programs at the Glazer Children’s Museum. His poetry has appeared in print/online journals such as PANK, Entropy, Opossum, The Fem, Inklette and many more. Most recently, his erasure poetry was highlighted on New Republic and Poetry Foundation. His first chapbook (The Crop) was published by Rinky Dink Press in 2016. He finished his MFA in Creative Writing at UT in May 2017.

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

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