College Poetry Showcase

MFA candidate’s from Chicago State University present poetry as part of the Chicago Writers Showcase. Poet Audrey Tolliver, creative nonfiction writer Janine Harrison, and ficition writer Marcus Johnson, will be reading from their creative thesis projects.

Program faculty members including Dr. Sandra Jackson-Opoku will be on hand to read and introduce the student writers. The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program was established by Dr. Kelly Norman Ellis and distinguished professor Haki Madhubti. It is one of the only two such programs at a black university, and the first to develop an African-centered approach in creative writing canon and pedagogy. It was established in the fall of 2001 and will be producing its very first group of graduates in Spring of 2003