On June 16th, 2020, poet, essayist, literary activist, and University of Central Florida MFA Creative Writing alumna Audi Barnes presents the We Have Voices inaugural event WE HAVE NAMES: Reclaiming Black Bodies, which honored the lives of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd through poetry and prose.

Working Title Podcast brings you a selection of  the event's readings, along with commentary from event co-hosts Audi Barnes and Malcolm Kelly.

Visit We Have Names.com for more information about the organization, businesses and organizations to support, and future reading events.

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In part 2 of Women in the MFA, we discuss reading and teaching canonical and diverse texts, the emotional labor of women and marginalized groups inherent in workshop, an while as writers we all have the ability to craft characters outside of our own experiences, should we?

In case you missed it, catch up on this topic with How Men Write Women, Part I.

Join us as Nicole Pendleton sits down with MFA in Creative Writing candidates Nicole Balsamo, Audi Barnes, Rebecca Fox, and Becca Rowel. In part one of this two-part episode, the panel dives into the opinions and experiences of women in MFA programs especially as they relate to the way male authors frequently write female characters.

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