About the NEOMFA
The Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) is the nation’s only consortial MFA creative writing program. Combining the resources of three gateway institutions—The University of Akron, Cleveland State University, and Kent State University—the NEOMFA exposes students to a multi-campus network of faculty, peers, and opportunities. Find out more at neomfa.org.
Host
Lindsey Maple is a fiction writer born and raised in Akron. She’s currently working on revising material from her thesis Girl Art and works as the Associate Editor of Rubbertop Review. When she’s not writing, Lindsey is probably listening to Taylor Swift, hanging out with her dog Bella, and drinking red wine.
Readers
Carrie George is a co-editor of Light Enters the Grove: Exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park Through Poetry (KSU Press). Her chapbook Unbecoming won the 2024 Flume Press prize. She is the recipient of an OAC award, and her work has appeared in Best of the Net, DIAGRAM, Hayden's Ferry Review, and elsewhere.
When Isaiah Hunt isn’t obsessing over 90s and Y2K culture, he is teaching at John Carroll University. His work focuses on commercialism, the entertainment industry, and transhumanist capitalism. He is a recipient of the OAC Award and is a Clarion West alumni. You can find his stories in Obsidian Lit and Earth 2100 Anthology.
Jessica Jewell is the author of four collections of poetry, including Tender, Tender (winner of the Charlotte Mew Prize) and Dust Runner. She is the co-editor of the collection I Hear the World Sing (KSU Press). Jewell is the senior academic program director for the Wick Poetry Center at KSU, where she earned her PhD and MFA.
Benjamin Anthony Rhodes is a queer and trans poet living in Northeast Ohio. His poetry is featured in the anthologies Light Enters the Grove from KSU Press and Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology from Madville Publishing. You can find all of his published work at https://linktr.ee/ginger.benji. Free Palestine.
Alexandra Salata was born and raised in Arizona. Her stories appear in Witness, Black Warrior Review, Puerto del Sol, and elsewhere, and she was named a finalist for the 2024 Salamander Fiction Prize. She teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
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