MFA Reading Series

Each MFA student is required to give a public reading before graduating with a degree from the University of Alabama's MFA Creative Writing Program. The MFA Reading Series is a student-run, well-attended celebration of the writer at work. That which had been so lovingly crafted and revised is now public art. If you find yourself in Tuscaloosa on a Friday afternoon, you'll want to check out the MFA Reading Series. The famous introductions, the support and, of course, the writing yearn to be shared.

Audio podcasts of past MFA readings can be found on iTunesU.

2012-2013  Schedule of Readers

All readings are at 5:00 pm, 301 Morgan Hall.

Fall 2012
September 28: Saeide Mirzaei and Katy Gunn
October 19: Jenifer Park and Meghan Plummer
October 26: Alex Chisum and Abbas Abidi
November 2: Katie Berger and Kristen Kuczenski
November 9: Tessa Fontaine and Annie Hartnett

Except Feb. 15th, all other Spring 2013 readings are at 7:00 pm at Green Bar.

Spring 2013
January 18: PJ Williams, Steve Reaugh, Katy Rossing, and Zachary Doss
January 25: Greg Houser and David Kumler
February 8: Farren Stanley and Barry Grass
February 15: Kenny Kruse and Steve Thomas (Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion, 1305 Greensboro Ave.)
February 22: Jess Richardson and Dara Ewing
March 1: Kevin Weidner and Jesse Delong
April 12: Danilo Thomas and Tom Cotsonas

2011-2012  Schedule of Readers

All readings are at 5:00 pm, 301 Morgan Hall.

Fall 2011
October 21: Leia Wilson
December 2: Pascha Brown, Annie Hartnett, Jake Maxwell Kinstler, Christopher O. McCarter

Spring 2012
January 13: James Maynard and Jonathan Dubow
January 27: Emma Furman, Erica Meyers, Ashley Chambers, Annie Hartnett
February 3: Tessa Fontaine and Betsy Seymour
February 10: Josh Helms and Matt Mahaney
February 17: Barry Grass and Emma Sovich
February 24: Steve Thomas and Anne Betrell
March 30: Juan Carlos Reyes and Andy Johnson
April 13: Jill Smith and Brandi Wells
April 20: Rachel Adams and Daniela Olszewska