Department of English

MFA@FLA is thrilled to welcome pioneering gay author Andrew Holleran to read from his work. Holleran’s body of work represents a tremendous leap forward for LGBTQ+ literature in the 20th and 21st centuries. His most recent novel, Kingdom of Sand, was selected as a 2022 “Editor’s Choice Pick” by the New York Times Book Review. Audience members …

Please join MFA@FLA at Ustler Hall to hear acclaimed author Dana Spiotta (Stone Arabia) and poet Ishion Hutchinson (House of Lords and Commons) read aloud from their bodies of work. Spiotta has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Rome Prize in Literature, and more; Hutchinson’s work has appeared in Ploughshares, Granta, Poetry Review, and others. They can be counted among …

MFA@FLA welcomes you to an afternoon with five visiting writers—Dana Spiotta, Geoff Dyer, Jennifer Moxley, Ishion Hutchinson, and Andrew Holleran—as they discuss their writing process and answer questions from the audience. This event is free and open to the public. Complimentary snacks and nonalcoholic beverages will be available.

Please join MFA@FLA at Ustler Hall to hear celebrated poet Jennifer Moxley (Druthers) and author Geoff Dyer (Out of Sheer Rage) as they read from their bodies of work. Dyer has been awarded GQ Writer of the Year, the prestigious E.M. Forster award, and more; Moxley herself has received the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos William Award and her work …