Organized by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program and presented in partnership with UMMA, the Mark Webster Reading Series showcases the work of second-year MFA students in fiction and poetry.

Desireé Dallagiacomo: Desireé Dallagiacomo (Choctaw) is a poet and teaching artist from Northern California. She wrote SINK (Button Poetry, 2019) and founded The Heart of It, a poetry-centered retreat for writers of marginalized genders. She is writing poetry, creative nonfiction, and scholarly work about indigeneity, abortion, and the carceral state as it relates to girlhood and class.

Sean Cavanaugh: Sean Cavanaugh is a writer based in Ann Arbor, MI. His writing has been published in The Stinging Fly and Joyland Magazine.

Friends, family, and members of the Ann Arbor community are welcome to attend the readings both in-person at UMMA or live on Zoom. 

This series is free and open to the public. For questions, accommodation needs, or the password to attend the event via Zoom, please contact co-hosts, Micah Muhammad (micahmuh@umich.edu) and Jennifer Nessel (jnessel@umich.edu).