MFA Lore

Bestselling author, ghostwriter, MFA prof. & defender of democracy. Novels: Glorious Boy, Flash House, Cloud Mountain, Face. Nonfiction: Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders. All posts @ MFALore.com

MICHAEL KLEIN has written five books of poetry, including, “The Early Minutes of Without: New & Selected Poems.” His new book, “Happiness Ruined Everything: Essays” has just been published by Galileo Press.

I wrote the novels Goodbye, Vitamin (2017) and Real Americans (2024). I teach writing with The Dream Side.

Author of the story collection Light Skin Gone to Waste (Flannery O’Connor Award Winner), the novella Homegoing, the novel Remedy for a Broken Angel, and the forthcoming collection But Where’s Home?

Jan Clausen recently completed a new memoir entitled My Great Acceleration. It investigates her personal connection to U.S. empire's environmental and geopolitical crimes. An excerpt is forthcoming in Massachusetts Review.

Host of the Writer In The World, a section of Aimee Liu's MFA Lore

Midwesterner in L.A. Bks: The Virginity of Famous Men; Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry; Paris, He Said; Direct Sunlight; Please Be Advised. Best American Short Stories & O. Henry. MFA faculty Northwestern & Stanford Continuing Studies

Elena has published three books (two poetry, one fiction). She has won numerous literary awards and fellowships. She is currently an associate professor at UVM.

Katrina Barnes is a guest writer whose work explores underrepresented voices in fiction, screenplays, and poetry. An MFA graduate of Goddard College and alum of the University of Washington, she blends lyricism with social insight.

Poet Laurel Radzieski is the author of two books: Leaf Manifesto (Middle Creek Publishing & Audio, 2025) and Red Mother (NYQ Books, 2018). She lives in Reading, PA and enjoys writing poems for strangers. She is writing a novel about the underworld.