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Department of English
University of Mississippi

MFA Students

Oluwatoyosi Jeremiah (O-Jeremiah) Agbaakin

Oluwatoyosi Jeremiah (O-Jeremiah) Agbaakin he/him/his Areas of Interest: Poetry, African and African American Literature, World Literature, Historical Linguistics, Gender studies, Art History LL.B., University of Ibadan


Ellie Black

Ellie Black she/her/hers Areas of Interest: Poetry, the South, queer and feminist literature, pop culture, film studies, and media and digital studies B.A., Hendrix College


Joshua Nguyen

he/him/his M.F.A., The University of Mississippi B.S.A., The University of Texas at Austin Areas of Interest: Asian American literature, hybrid historial retellings, and the contemporary quotidian www.joshua-nguyen.com


Kate Leland

B.A. English – Creative Writing at Hendrix College www.KathrynLeland.com


Tatiana Tomley

Tatiana Tomley B.A., English, The Ohio State University Creative writing interests: primarily realistic fiction with a grotesque bent, poetry of all kinds, comedic sketches


Linda N. Masi

Linda N. Masi B.Sc., Rivers State University of Science and Technology Fiction Writing, Fiction workshop, The Novel, Postcolonial Literature, African & African-American Literature, World Literature, Screenwriting and film


Amy Lam

Amy Lam byamylam.com


Sarah Huddleston

Sarah Huddleston M.F.A., The University of Mississippi M.A., English, Portland State University B.A., English, Portland State University literary fiction; slipstream fiction; magical realism; fairy tales; folklore; environmental literature; gender and sexuality studies; creative nonfiction


Jessica Cogar

Jessica Cogar M.A., Creative Writing, Ohio University B.A., Creative Writing and Literature, Ohio Northern University Poetics, lyric theory, queer theory, and gender studies


Mary Berman

Mary Berman B.A., Johns Hopkins University Young adult and children’s literature, science fiction and fantasy, and the novel www.mtgberman.com