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Teresa Fazio Rolling Stone Article Marine Vet Fazio MFA 鈥18 on Misogyny in the Military

An essay by Marine veteran Teresa Fazio MFA 鈥18 in Rolling Stone magazine addresses the problem of 鈥渢oxic masculinity鈥 in military culture鈥攚hich, she says, has normalized gender shaming, sexual harassment, and even assault. 

"A Traveler's Memoir" Returns in Paperback "A Traveler's Memoir" Returns in Paperback

The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia, by award-winning author Alden Jones MFA '01, will be re-released in paperback in March. 

Caron's "The Handler" Wins Prize Caron's "The Handler" Wins Prize

Amber Caron MFA '16 has won a PEN/ Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers for her story "The Handler," originally published in Southwest Review. 

Most Anticipated Most Anticipated

This Will Be My Undoing, a collection of essays by Morgan Jerkins MFA '16, was included in the The Millions most anticipated books of 2017 list.

Pen America "Honest and Vulnerable"

Morgan Jerkins MFA '16 was interviewed as part of the Pen Ten interview series on Pen America last month. She spoke about "the responsibility of the writer" which she sees as "to be honest and vulnerable. Jerkins is the author of a forthcoming collection of essays, This Will Be My Undoing. She is currently a contributing editor for Catapult. Her on the Colin Kaepernick controversy, "What Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem Protest Reveals About American" was published in Rolling Stone in August.