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Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Alumni Q&A: Writer Mary Troy reflects on story inspirations, shaping UMSL’s MFA program and more

She taught in and helped mold UMSL’s Master of Fine Arts program for more than 20 years and also served as editor of Natural Bridge for a decade....

UMSL community reflects on Maya Angelou

"We have lost a wonderful poet and noble person," says Drucilla Wall, poet in residence at UMSL....

UMSL faculty members share St. Louis knowledge as city turns 250

UMSL celebrated St. Louis’ 250 years and the birth of Louis IX with the two-day conference “St. Louis Metromorphosis: The Significance of a City Across the Centuries.” ...

Jennifer Tappenden introduces poetry to the public one poem at a time

Poetry is a hard sell. It has the rap of being difficult, of being inaccessible, of being something only other poets read. No one knows this better than Jennifer Tappenden,...