MFA Faculty
Keith Kopka
Program Director / Poetry Faculty
Keith Kopka is the recipient of the Tampa Review Prize for his collection of poems, Count Four. He is also the author of the critical text, Asking a Shadow to Dance: An Introduction to the Practice of Poetry.
Erin Belieu
Poetry Faculty
Erin Belieu is the author of five poetry collections, all from Copper Canyon Press. Her latest collection is Come-hither Honeycomb. She is the co-founder of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, and founder of the literary resistance network Writers Resist.
Laurie Foos
Fiction Faculty
Laurie Foos is the author of five novels including Ex Utero, Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist, and Before Elvis There Was Nothing. Her work has been adapted for the stage and translated into more than a half a dozen languages.
Emma Eisenberg
Nonfiction / Fiction Faculty
Emma Eisenberg is the author of Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia which was named a NYT Notable Book and Editor's Choice. Her newest book Housemates will be published by Penguin Random House later this year.