FARMINGTON, ME (March 16, 2018) — The University of Maine at Farmington is proud to present award-winning American author Ottessa Moshfegh as the next reader in its notable Visiting Writers Series. Sponsored by the UMF Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, the reading will take place at 7:30 p.m.,Thursday, March 29, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center.
The reading is free and open to the public, to be followed by a meet and greet with the author.
Moshfegh is a fiction writer from New England. Her first book, “McGlue, a novella,” won the Fence Modern Prize in Prose and the Believer Book Award. “Eileen,” her first novel, was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction.
Her short stories have been published in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, Granta, and have earned her a Pushcart Prize, an O. Henry Award, the Plimpton Prize, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. “Homesick for Another World,” her short story collection, was recently a finalist for The Story Prize.
Her next book, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation,” a novel, is due out in July. She lives in Southern California.
More Information on the UMF Creative Writing Program
As the only Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program in the state of Maine and one of only three in all of New England, the UMF program invites students to work with faculty, who are practicing writers, in workshop-style classes to discover and develop their writing strengths in the genres of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Small classes, an emphasis on individual conferencing, and the development of a writing portfolio allow students to see themselves as artists and refine their writing under the guidance of accomplished and published faculty mentors. Students can pursue internships to gain real-world writing and publishing experience by working on campus with The Beloit Poetry Journal, a distinguished poetry publication since 1950; or Alice James Books, an award-winning poetry-publishing house.
Media Contact
Jeffrey Thomson, UMF professor of creative writing, at 207.778.7454, or jeffrey.thomson@maine.edu.
EDITOR’S NOTE
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