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Alissa (Nielson) Hattman MFA '09 was published in zines & things, a Portland, Ore.,-based zine publishing team.
Jamaica Baldwin MFA '17
Jamaica Baldwin MFA '17 was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in February 2021.
Tiphanie Yanique
Join Pacific University's Visiting Writers series for an author talk and Q&A with Tiphanie Yanique — poet, novelist, and winner of numerous awards.
Ellen Bass
Ellen Bass publishes poem online in The New Yorker magazine online.
Ada Limon.
Join Pacific University's Visiting Writers series for a virtual author talk with Ada Limón at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25. Limón is the author of five books of poetry, including The Carrying, a National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Register for the Zoom link.
Marvin Bell image and quote "Art is the Big Yes"
Poet Marvin Bell was one of the first faculty members in the Pacific University Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program. From the very beginning, he was dedicated to lifting up students. In the wake of his death in December, friends of the program are carrying on Bell’s legacy with a scholarship in his name.
Erik Schmidt MFA '11 published his first book, Black Tulip: The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World’s Top Fighter Ace in February 2020.
Art by Rhony Bhopla
Buy a piece; help a student. It’s the way the poet and visual artist gives back.
Jamaica Baldwin MFA '17 interviewed Afua Ansong, an African American poet, for the African Poetry Book Fund. 
Tia Brown MFA '11 was named an Oishei Leader of Color Fellow.

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