WELCOME TO CAFÉ MFA
Café MFA is a collection of blog posts from graduate students at American University's Creative Writing MFA program. These posts range in content including Second-Year Spotlights, coverage of local writing events, book reviews, writing tips, and more! Café MFA is the lovable literary blog companion to FOLIO Literary Journal, which is also run by the graduate creative writing community here at American. We are happy to have you here!
- Hannah Cornell, EIC 2024-2025
MFA Students Share Their Advice: Ways to Spice Up Your Prose
We asked MFA students if they had any tips or tricks for bringing life back into their prose.
“Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine” Review
Contributor Minneh Kane reviews Gail Honeyman’s debut novel.
Senior Spotlight With Heaven Santiago
Heaven Santiago is a second-year student who primarily writes poems. We interviewed her to learn more about her thesis project.
POET VALZHYNA MORT VISITS AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Contributor Jack Hawkins comments on her reading and latest collection: Music for the Dead and Resurrected.
“I have Some Questions For You” Review
Cafe MFA Editor Bryce Thompson reviews Rebecca Makkai’s latest novel.