In The Media

Holly Mason Badra recently published a multi-genre anthology showcasing the work of contemporary Kurdish women and nonbinary writers living all over the world. Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora (The University of Arkansas Press, 2025) was recently featured in The Kurdistan Chronicle and elsewhere. 

MFA fiction student Lyz Duesterhoeft worked as part of a team of 11 scientists and students researching factors that “shape public perceptions of extreme weather risk” and how an understanding of those factors can help encourage preparedness.

Klara Kalu may be best known as a Nigerian model and social media influencer. But Kalu is also a writer, and in her continuing pursuit of that career, she joined the Mason Creative Writing Program in Fall 2023 as an MFA Fiction Candidate.

Join Mason Creative Writing in Kansas City, Missouri from February 7-10 for the AWP conference!