Tag: MFA Alumni Testimonial

Since graduating from the MFA program in poetry, Ann Huston has pursued her dream job of being a park ranger. She has worked as seasonal park ranger at Capitol Reef National Park in Utah; Coronado National Memorial in Arizona; Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Alaska; and Chiricahua National Monument in AZ. These parks and…

Ruth Williams is the author of Flatlands (Black Lawrence Press, 2018), a full-length collection of poetry, as well as two poetry chapbooks,  Nursewfiery (Jacar Press, 2019) and Conveyance (Dancing Girl Press, 2012). Her poetry has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, jubilat, Pleiades, and Third Coast among others. She has also published creative nonfiction in Crab…

Yvonne Higgins Leach is the author of Another Autumn (WordTech Editions, 2014). Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies. A native of Washington state, she earned a Master of Fine Arts from Eastern Washington University. She spent decades balancing a career in communications and public relations, raising a family, and pursuing her love of writing poetry.…

Seth Marlin is a former Web Editor of Willow Springs, and received his MFA in Fiction from Eastern in 2013. He is the author of Shred, a chapbook of poetry, and his stories and verse have appeared in Spark, Knockout, Betwixt, A cappella Zoo, and Silk Road Review, among others. He is the winner of University of Glasgow’s 2016 prize for Science Fiction…

Heather Solsvik has been an English teacher at Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy since 2001 and a resident of Coeur d’Alene her entire life. She enrolled in the EWU Creative Writing MFA program (non-fiction) while also teaching full-time, which made it possible for her to acquire her Master’s Degree while still working—a great bonus. She thoroughly…

Born and raised in the deciduous greenery of eastern Kansas, Melissa Rhoades moved to the Evergreen State in 2001 to attend EWU. After receiving her MFA in 2003, Melissa taught English Composition and Intro to Literature at Big Bend Community College and Spokane Falls Community College before accepting a full time position as an in-house copywriter for…