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Author of SWEET, SOFT, PLENTY RHYTHM from Pantheon (Paperback 7/25/23)

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Click the link in our bio to join us this fall! Enrollment closes on October 22nd.

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Today is the final day to claim the CRAFT SCHOOL early bird rate! Click the link in our bio to save 10% on enrollment this fall. We'd love to have you 🧡

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Click the link in our bio to claim the early bird rate for CRAFT SCHOOL 🐣 We would love to have you join us this fall!

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We welcome back June 2026 residency emcee Donna Denizé (MFA ‘25) for the next in our Kwame Dawes Mapmakers Alumni Institute series, joined in conversation with faculty poet Safia Elhillo. Donna’s lines of inquiry will engage with what Safia has called the “Poetics of the Third Space.”

Brought together by the MFA Alumni Council’s Pacific Basin committee, the event is free and open to the public, and will be hosted on Zoom November 17 beginning at 5:30pm Pacific Time. Join us for this fascinating conversation. Register at our Linktree (in bio).

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Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 20 📜✨

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💡 Did you know?

⭕ Ian McEwan’s brilliant masterpiece *Atonement* features a central, meticulously described Dunkirk sequence that was praised by critics for its sweeping cinematic scale and harrowing realism, taking inspiration from historical accounts and diaries of soldiers during World War II.

⭕ Yiyun Li’s mesmerizing novel *The Book of Goose* explores a complex and intense bond between two rural French girls who collaborate on an internationally successful book, blending themes of ambition, alienation, and reinvention.

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🔗 Check link in bio for complete list of Today in Bookish and Literary History 📝

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#TodayInBookishHistory #september20 #Bookstagram #OTD #OnThisDay

📅 The September 20 Notebook (Page 1):

2001 | 📖 Atonement by Ian McEwan | United Kingdom | 351 pages | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 | @ianmcewan.author

2022 | 📖 The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li | United States | 348 pages | 🏆🏆 | 🎧

2022 | 📖 Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm by Laura Warrell | United States | 336 pages | 🏆🏆 | @lkwarrell

2025 | 📖 The Resident by KJ Kalis | United States | 262 pages |

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Through the fall, program director Scott Korb and assistant director Jennifer Scanlon will be hosting a series of online information session to discuss the MFA program and our Residency Writers Conference. We’re eager to see you! Please find calendar invitations at our linktree, in our bio. A Pacific Northwest sunrise with text saying Pacific MFA fall 2026 information sessions. Register now.

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"Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm" by Laura Warrell makes its way onto the shelf, albeit a day late 😅🙏
Any thoughts or further recs let me know in the comments!!
@lkwarrell
@penguinukbooks
@pantheonbooks
#book #bookreview #15secondsontheshelf #sweetsoftplentyrhythm #laurawarrell

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📚 Book Clubs are back at the MFA! 🍷

Join us for Book + Belonging, a new four-part book club inspired by “New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations.” Each session pairs contemporary literature with engaging discussion, a gallery talk, unlimited popcorn, and a specially selected glass of wine in partnership with Book + Bottle.

Our first meeting features “Open Water” by Caleb Azumah Nelson—a powerful novel exploring identity, belonging, love, and the contemporary Black experience.

📅 Thursday, September 3 | 6–8 PM
🎟️ $25 Members | $35 Not-Yet-Members

Grab a copy, join the conversation, and reserve your spot at mfastpete.org.

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I’m delighted to announce I’ve put together a new reading event, “Caked in Blue,” taking place this Sept. 19 with a phenomenal line-up of writers (and ninth floor views). Join me and @kashanacauley @jryanstradal @meghowrey @lkwarrell @karencroner and musical guest @azaliasnail for readings, conviviality, informed joy, and refreshments! 6pm, everybody! Come on down.

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I officially got my diploma in the mail, so I believe it’s official: WE DID IT!!!! It has been an amazing two years @pacificmfa and it’s all because of the amazing people I’ve had the incredible luck to meet along the way. Thank you all so much for making this an experience I’ll never forget, and special thanks to @kimberlykingparsons for being such an encouraging thesis advisor and @scottmkorb @jgscanlon and @readingrana for building such a beautiful community ❤️🤍❤️ I love you all

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My father Herb Weller graduated Brooklyn College at the age of 65. It seemed perfectly right to have my own grown-up babies watching me get my diploma.

Thank you to @scottmkorb for your leadership of this magical lair in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, and setting a tone of rigor, risk, nurture and love. I learned as much from the @pacificu poets as from the fiction writers, with a special shout out to the dreamiest of thesis advisors, @kimberlykingparsons.

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See you on campus next week! Summer residency 2026!

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