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DESCRIPTION:The Department of Literatures in English / Creative Writing Pro
 gram proudly presents the 2025 MFA in Creative Writing Graduation Reading!\
 n\nJoin the Graduating MFA Poets and fiction writers as they celebrate thei
 r MFA completion with readings from their thesis or works-in-progress!\n\nR
 eception to follow in the English Lounge\, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall\n\nFree a
 nd open to the public\n\nThis event is presented by the Department of Liter
 atures in English / Creative Writing Program at Cornell University\n\n \n\n
 Em Setzer is a poet and translator from Maryland. They hold a BA in Creativ
 e Writing and Classics from Bard College. Their translations have appeared 
 in Asymptote as well as LESBIANTIQUITY\, and their poetry can be found in a
  variety of places\, such as BULLSHIT LIT. Their first micro-collection ERA
 TO\, published by rinky dink press\, is out now.\n\n \n\nAmir McClam (he/th
 ey) is a writer\, educator\, and ceramicist from Buffalo\, New York. He ear
 ned a B.S. in Psychology from Howard University in 2022. Amir is currently 
 an MFA student in Poetry at Cornell\, where he teaches Race\, Writing\, and
  Power. He has previously worked as an assistant editor for Epoch Magazine 
 and The Amistad. Their writing explores Black queer and trans feminisms\, e
 mbodiment\, and the relational healing that fosters social transformation. 
 Amir's poems can be found in Nimrod International Journal and The Amistad.\
 n\n \n\nMatthew Bettencourt (he/him) earned an undergraduate degree from th
 e UW Madison Creative Writing department and formerly served as Editor-in-C
 hief at the Madison Review. He is currently an MFA student at Cornell Unive
 rsity\, where he is an assistant editor at the Epoch Literary Magazine.\n\n
  \n\nAishvarya Arora (b. Hanumangarh\, India) is a poet\, educator\, and cu
 ltural worker from Queens\, New York.  Aishvarya has received support from 
 the Fulbright Program and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, where they
  were a Poetry Coalition Fellow. Currently\, Aishvarya is an MFA candidate 
 in Poetry at Cornell University. Their work is featured in\, or forthcoming
  from\, Poetry Northwest\, The Margins\, The Hopkins Review\, Apogee\, and 
 others. \n\n \n\nNgoc Pham is a Poet graduating with an MFA in Creative Wri
 ting from Cornell.\n\n \n\nBorn to a Japanese mother and an American father
 \, Hana Widerman is a poet originally from California. She graduated from P
 rinceton University with a degree in English and Creative Writing and won t
 he James Richardson Award in Poetry. She is currently an MFA student at Cor
 nell University\, where she was the 2024 recipient of the George Harmon Cox
 e Poetry Prize. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in The Threepenny Revi
 ew\, The Journal\, The Washington Square Review\, The Offing\, The Shore\, 
 and on The Poetry Society.\n\n \n\nCurrently on Cornell's campus\, masking 
 is encouraged.\nPlease check Cornell's up to date COVID-19 policy for visit
 ors to campus here.\n\nWe strive to host inclusive\, accessible events that
  enable all individuals\, including individuals with disabilities\, to enga
 ge fully. To be respectful of those with allergies and environmental sensit
 ivities\, we ask that you please refrain from wearing strong fragrances. Th
 e venue is wheelchair accessible. If you need additional accommodations to 
 participate in this event\, please contact us as soon as possible.\n\nCorne
 ll University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' 
 (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' are members of the Haudenosaunee Con
 federacy\, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemp
 orary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of 
 Cornell University\, New York state\, and the United States of America. We 
 acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' dispossession and honor th
 e ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' people\, past and present\, to these 
 lands and waters.
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