MFA for Poets and Writers

☃ THIS THURSDAY ☃

Join us for the final Visiting Writers Series reading of the semester with:

Jeff Parker
Old Chapel, UMass Amherst
6pm

☃ Jeff Parker is the author of several books including Where Bears Roam the Streets: A Russian Journal, the novel Ovenman, and the short story collection The Taste of Penny. His newest novella, G v. P, was published in the collection Proper Imposters by the University Press of Florida. He teaches prose in the MFA Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and he is the co-founder and director of the DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal. ☃

“This brilliantly imagined tale of thorny friendship between two master storytellers is unlike anything I have ever read. A surreal road story brimming with metaphysical horrors and marvels, Jeff Parker’s G v. P gives us a darkly funny and deeply moving meditation on life, death, and art that you’ll never forget.”—Mona Awad, author of Bunny

"Jeff Parker’s 'G v. P' was the highlight of the collection. Elegant, with a magnetic narrative that begins—but absolutely does not end—with the mystery of the identities behind the titular initials, Parker’s tale is an absorbing study of a pair that are not quite friends, lovers, or enemies, but whose fates are undeniably entwined." -- Sam Spratford, The Common

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Reception to follow
Open to the public
See you there!