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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Student W. Reid Kennedy will appear in the 2x2 event this Friday, October 2! This free program of theater performances and literary readings will start at 7:00 pm at The Electric Company at 15 Broad Street in Akron. www.instagram.com/2x2show/?g=5

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Alum Meghan Louise Wagner is teaching a “Fiction Revision” workshop with Literary Cleveland beginning October 1! Held remotely via Zoom. Eight sessions on Thursdays at 6:30pm, running through November 19. www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Congrats to new student Evie Reed, whose creative nonfiction essay “Frog In My Throat” is scheduled for publication in The McNeese Review in March 2027. You can find it soon at thereview.mcneese.edu!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Congrats to alum Lisa Langford, the 2026 Dominic Orlando Playwriting Award Recipient! The award comes with a $12,000 prize, and Lisa’s winning play Netta & Ru will premiere at Dobama Theatre in April 2027. www.dobama.org/netta. Also will be two readings of Netta & Ru in Oct at ashlandnewplays.org.

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Save the Date! On Monday, October 26, catch author Nathalie Quintane with faculty Hilary Plum! 6:30 pm at Let's Ride Skateboards, 1810 Coventry in Cleveland Heights. This free event is presented by Mac's Backs Books in collaboration with CWRU, NEOMFA, & Winter Editions. macsbacks.com/event/2026-1...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our friends at the Wick Poetry Center will be bringing back KSU and NEOMFA alum Sony Ton-Aime for a reading on Wed Oct 14 at 7pm! Presented at Murphy Auditorium in Rockwell Hall at Kent State University. Free and open to the public. Book signing and reception to follow! www.kent.edu/wick/reading...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Student Julianne Metzger Taylor will be the featured reader in the CrayfishMag #3 launch event at 6:00 pm on Friday 9/25 at Bell Tower Brewing in Kent. Seating is limited, so RSVP through the link below asap! www.eventbrite.com/e/crayfishma...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Alum Mitchell Monahan will be reading this Friday, September 18 at Last Exit Books and Coffeehouse at 124 East Main Street in Kent! Check it out starting at 8:00 pm! www.instagram.com/lastexitbook...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join us at the annual Literary Cleveland Inkubator this week! inkubator.litcleveland.org. Check out the NEOMFA table in the bookfair at Cleveland Public Library on Fri Sept 11 and Sat Sept 12! #CleInk26 Catch NEOMFA alum Virginia Konchan in a session with Aubrey Hirsch on Sat 9/12 at 11:00 am!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Literary Cleveland Inkubator conference is this week! inkubator.litcleveland.org. Check out the NEOMFA table in the bookfair at Cleveland Public Library on Fri 9/11 and Sat 9/12! #CleInk26 Catch NEOMFA alum Matthew Breit and faculty member Hilary Plum in a session on Sat 9/12 at 9:00 am.

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Literary Cleveland Inkubator is this week! inkubator.litcleveland.org. Check out the NEOMFA table in the bookfair on Fri 9/11 and Sat 9/12! #CleInk26 Catch student Julianne Taylor with faculty Mary Biddinger on Fri at 3:30pm! “Many Paths, One Craft: Navigating a Career With or Without an MFA.”

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Continuing our countdown to the Literary Cleveland Inkubator conference next week! inkubator.litcleveland.org. Check out the NEOMFA table in the bookfair on Fri 9/11 and Sat 9/12! #CleInk26 Catch alum Jon Conley in a session hosted on Friday 9/11 at 3:30pm. www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-inkub...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Literary Cleveland Inkubator is coming up soon! inkubator.litcleveland.org. Check out the NEOMFA table in the bookfair on Fri 9/11 & Sat 9/12! Among the NEOMFA faces are students Willow Campbell & Benvolio Nichols, whose Trans-ing the Narrative’ is Fri at 11. www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-inkub...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Student Scott Kenimond has two poems published in the September issue of Does It Have Pockets: “Virginia Woolf Goes to Ikea” and “Cold Section of Myself.” Read both now at www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/scott...! Congrats to Scott on these new works!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Alum Lisa Langford’s play “Con” will have two staged readings as part of Seat of the Pants' Salon Series, both directed by Natalie Sander Kern. Both on Sat Sept 12: 1:30 p.m. in Canton, venue TBD, and 7:30 p.m. in Cleveland, at Pilgrim Church. Tix $10. seatofthepants.org/programs

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Congrats to alum Steven Caumo, whose new novel Dryad was released by JournalStone! Info at journalstone.com/bookstore/dr.... Dryad arrives on the heels of Steven’s recent novella Thrill Killers. Find that one too via Grindhouse Press at grindhousepress.com/steven-caumo/!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Congrats to alum Sony Ton-Aime, named by Pittsburgh Magazine and PUMP as one of the Pittsburgh 40 Under 40 Class of 2026! www.pittsburghmagazine.com/40-under-40-... Sony is the author of the recent poetry collection, Konbit., available now at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Student Ashton River Leigh, alum Carrie George, core faculty Hilary Plum, and recent guest faculty Xan Forest Phillips are among the readers in the 2x2 / FMZ event on Saturday, August 29! 7:00 pm at Riff’s, 2418 Professor Ave in Cleveland!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Alum Zach Peckham has co-launched a new journal, Delicatessen! www.delicatessen.site “A journal of book reviews and literary criticism, specializing in texts from small, independent, non-profit, and university-affiliated publishers.” Welcome to the Deli at www.delicatessen.site/weekly-speci...!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Student Julianne Metzger Taylor will be the guest reader for the Poetry Night event on August 21 at Last Exit Books & Coffeehouse in Kent. The program starts at 8:00 pm at 24 E Main St #1, Kent, OH 44240. Open mic to follow!!!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Faculty Caryl Pagel and Hilary Plum will share their work with Sujata Lakhe in the Open Air Poetry Reading on Thu August 20 at 6pm. Presented by Mac's Backs, the event will be in the PEACE park outside the Coventry Library (2843 Washington Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH). macsbacks.com/event/2026-0...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Congrats to alum Dominic Dulin, whose poetry chapbook Type Man Type was published by Community Mausoleum! This new work is on sale now at www.communitymausoleum.org/books/p/type.... More on Dominic Dulin at dominicdulin.com. Excerpt from Type Man Type at www.communitymausoleum.org/coma-journal....

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) is the nation’s only consortial MFA creative writing program. 3 gateway universities: U. of Akron, Cleveland State U, & Kent State U. 4 genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, & playwriting. 3 application cycles: 11/15, 1/15, & 4/15. neomfa.org/apply!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Alum Kristen Tetzmann will appear in the Misophist Magazine reading at Mac's Backs on August 8! Other readers include Tom Scherer, Audrey Menner, and Justin Alan Cox. Event starts at 5:00 pm at 1820 Coventry Rd in Cleveland Heights. macsbacks.com/event/2026-0...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Congrats to alum Roy Edward Jackson, whose debut novel was published by Lethe Press! Reel Around the Fountain is “a queer coming-of-age story set in a working-class cereal-factory town, where thirteen-year-old JP sets out to uncover the truth behind the family mythology.” www.lethepressbooks.com.

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This Wednesday, July 29 at Mac's Backs! Alum Matthew Breit reads with Adam Novak, author of City of Wheels, starting at 7:00pm. 1820 Coventry Rd in Cleveland Heights. More info: macsbacks.com/events

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Alum Carrie George will be leading a workshop entitled “Creating New Poetry” at Literary Cleveland from Aug 10 - Sep 14. 6 meetings, Mondays at 6:30 pm, all via Zoom. “This class is designed to help you create new poetry, drawing from prompts and model poems.” www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Schedule for Literary Cleveland’s Inkubator 2026 conference now posted at inkubator.litcleveland.org! So many NEOMFA faces: students Willow Campbell, Benvolio Nichols, & Julianne Taylor; alums Ali Black, Matthew Breit, Jon Conley, & Virginia Konchan; and faculty Mary Biddinger & Hilary Plum!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Alums Matthew Dettmer and Michelle Duke will read their poetry along with Adam Axler on Saturday, July 25th at Mac’s Backs Books! Start time is 5:00 pm at 1820 Coventry in Cleveland Heights. More info at macsbacks.com/event/2026-0...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Catch alums Matt Breit and Michael Buebe as they read poetry this Friday, July 17! 8pm at Last Exit Books & Coffeehouse, at 124 E. Main Street in Kent. www.instagram.com/lastexitbook...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Congrats to alum Anastasios Mihalopoulos, just announced as a Finalist for The Hudson Prize offered by Black Lawrence Press! Anastasios was nominated for his poetry manuscript, "Still, Sometimes, Shipwreck," with a winner to be announced soon. Find more at: blacklawrencepress.com/the-2026-hud...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Students W. Reid Kennedy, Abigail Clark, & Jennifer Foxhoven and alum Lindsey Maple are among the creatives behind Lunar Sun Theatrics’ “Categorical Nonsense Vol. 1.” This program of new theater runs for 2 shows only, 2pm & 8pm on Sat July 11 at the Rialto in Akron! www.therialtotheatre.com/tickets

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

NEOMFA alum JC Cifranic and faculty Mike Geither are among the cast and crew of “It’s All a Mess! An Evening of **Smutty** Monologues with convergence-continuum.” Catch this special show Fri 7/10 and Sat 7/11 at 9pm at the Borderlight Festival in Cleveland. www.borderlightcle.org/2026-show/it...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Next Friday, July 10! NEOMFA student Julia Cilano and recent guest faculty Xan Forest Phillips read poetry with Amie Zimmerman and Alyssa Perry at Mac's Backs-Books On Coventry in Cleveland Heights! macsbacks.com/event/2026-0....

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Alum Jon Conley (CSU, 2022) published the story “Body Mass” in the Spring 2026 issue of The Colby Review. colbyreview.org/2026/06/22/f... Also look for poetry by Delilah McCrea (CSU, 2021) and fiction by Alexandra Salata (KSU, 2024) in the print version. Thanks to editor Zach Peckham(CSU, 2021)!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Catch NEOMFA alum Sony Ton-Aime tomorrow, Thu 6/25, in Literary Cleveland's Plum City Reading event! Sony will read w/Danny Caine & Sonia Feldman at 7pm at Loganberry Books (13015 Larchmere). Afterparty at Literary Cleveland (13002 Larchmere). Pay What You Can! www.litcleveland.org/events-progr...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

So many NEOMFA writers in Issue 3 of CrayfishMag, available now at www.crayfishmag.com! Prose from alums Matthew Breit & Lindsey Maple, & poetry from students Corey Miller & Julianne Metzger Taylor, alum Lindsay Collier, & faculty Caryl Pagel. (Along w/poetry from Scott Kenimond, linked previously!)

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Congrats to student Scott Kenimond, who published three poems CrayfishMag! Variations on Themes of Decay: www.crayfishmag.com/scott-kenimo.... The Coffee Shop at the End of the Street: www.crayfishmag.com/scott-kenimo.... Icarus from the Bus Again: www.crayfishmag.com/scott-kenimo...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Thanks to all involved for a great NEOMFA Alumni Reading last Thu, June 11 at Visible Voice Books! Pictured below are host Lindsey Maple (center) w/ Benjamin Anthony Rhodes, Isaiah Hunt, Carrie George, & Alexandra Salata (left to right). More photos at neomfa.org/alumni-colle...! See you next time!

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This Friday, June 19! 2x2 Reading at 7pm at Riff’s in Cleveland, featuring NEOMFA alums Mansa Lamont Bey and Kristen Tetzmann, faculty Caryl Pagel, and recent guest faculty Xan Forest Phillips. More at www.instagram.com/2x2show/. Riff’s located at 2418 Professor Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44113.

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congrats to alum Adam Gretsinger for his new book, Kids Can Be Cruel, just released at Itch.io! “When her best friend goes missing, Maria Nievez has only one option: enter her Ohio middle school's underground fight club and get some answers.” Available now! ledtsar.itch.io/kids-can-be-...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thanks to Visible Voice Books for a great Alumni Reading last night! NEOMFA-ers take note of another poetry reading there tonight, Friday, June 12, at 6pm. This one features NEOMFA alumni Karen Schubert and Virginia Konchan along with three others. Free! www.visiblevoicebooks.com/calendar-of-...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Tomorrow night! NEOMFA Alumni Reading! Thursday June 11 at 6pm; Visible Voice Books, 4601 Lorain Ave, Cleveland. Hosted by Lindsey Maple & featuring Carrie George, Isaiah Hunt, Jessica Jewell, Benjamin Anthony Rhodes, Alexandra Salata. Free no tix required! www.visiblevoicebooks.com/calendar-of-...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Join alum Meghan Louise Wagner for a workshop on “Fiction Revision” this July 2-Aug 20 with Literary Cleveland! Meghan will be teaching this 8-session course on Thursdays at 6:30 pm, with some sessions via Zoom and some at the LC office at 13002 Larchmere Blvd. www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Congratulations to alum Ali Black, a finalist for the 2026 Ohio Book Awards, presented by the Ohioana Library! Ali’s 2025 collection We Look Better Alive (Burnside Review Press) was nominated in the Poetry category. The winners will be announced on Oct 15. Info at www.ohioana.org/programs/ohi....

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Coming up soon!!! NEOMFA Alumni Reading, Thu, June 11 @ 6pm. Visible Voice Books, 4601 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland. Hosted by Lindsey Maple & featuring Carrie George, Isaiah Hunt, Jessica Jewell, Benjamin Anthony Rhodes, Alexandra Salata. Free, no tix required. www.visiblevoicebooks.com/calendar-of-...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Join recent NEOMFA guest faculty Xan Forest Phillips for “Radical Revision: A Poetry Workshop,” presented by Literary Cleveland via Zoom, Wednesdays at 6:30pm from June 10 - July 22. “A space for editing preexisting poems using dynamic poetic forms.” More info @ www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This Sat May 30 @ 6pm! Catch faculty member Hilary Plum at Visible Voice Books (4601 Lorain Ave, Cle). Hilary joins Brendan Joyce & Andrew Rihn in a reading for the Cleveland Review of Books Vol. 4.1 launch. Free event with copies of the issue for purchase. www.visiblevoicebooks.com/calendar-of-...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Congrats to alum Steven Caumo (YSU, 2022), whose debut novella THRILL KILLERS is out on May 30 on Grindhouse Press! In this new work of horror, the perfect vacation turns into a sadistic nightmare. Pre-order your copy now! grindhousepress.com/2026/04/16/c...

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Publication May 30, 2026 CLICK HERE FOR KINDLE PRE-ORDER #114 – Thrill Killers by Steven Caumo More than 8 million people visit the beautiful beach town of Paradise, Maryland every year. It’s…

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

NEOMFA Post #31 is available now at neomfa.org/newsletter. This issue’s alumni Q&A is with Sony Ton-Aime, whose first book of poetry, Konbit, was released this year & hailed by Percival Everett as “a marvel.” Read more at neomfa.org/newsletter. Buy Konbit at press.uchicago.edu.

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