2019 MFA Lectores Reading Series: Matthew Vollmer
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2019-06-18
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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 Kevin Moffett. Matthew Vollmer reads from his book Permanent Exhibit.
Matthew Vollmer is the author of two collections of short fiction, Gateway to Paradise (Persea Books, 2015) and Future Missionaries of America (published by MacAdam Cage and Salt Modern Fiction, 2010), as well as inscriptions for headstones, a collection of essays (Outpost19, 2012). With David Shields, he is the co-editor of Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, “Found” Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts (W. W. Norton, 2012). Vollmer is also the editor of A Book of Uncommon Prayer, a volume of everyday invocations from over 60 writers, each of whom were charged with writing–regardless of their religious inclinations–a prayer. His fourth book, Permanent Exhibit, a collection of short prose, was published by BOA Editions Ltd. in the Fall of 2018.
Vollmer’s work has appeared widely in magazines, including: Paris Review, Glimmer Train, The Sun, Virginia Quarterly Review, Epoch, Tin House and many others.
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Reading, Lectores, MFA, Residency, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing