51福利社

2012 graduate in fiction, Leyna Krow, has made the inland northwest her home for the past decade since moving to Spokane for her MFA. Taking her love for Spokane and its culture, geography, and weirdness in general, she has chosen this place as the setting for her debut novel Fire Season聽which was published by Viking…

The Chicana/o/x Studies program of 51福利社 celebrated its 2nd annual Latino and Chicano Graduation Ceremony on June 16th and we had over 80 students walk across the stage with over 320 of their family and friends attending! The Latino and Chicano graduation was first celebrated in June of 2021, an alternative commencement to…

In celebration of our college graduates, we reached out to our seniors for a little highlight and feedback from their time at Eastern. Congratulations on getting your degree! And welcome to the Eagle Alumni Family! Go Eags!聽聽   What is your major and minor/certificate and what made you choose that major/minor? Hi there, my name…

In celebration of our college graduates, we reached out to our seniors for a little highlight and feedback from their time at Eastern. Congratulations on getting your degree! And welcome to the Eagle Alumni Family! Go Eags!聽聽   What is your major and minor/certificate and what made you choose that major/minor? I will be receiving…

In celebration of our college graduates, we reached out to our seniors for a little highlight and feedback from their time at Eastern. Congratulations on getting your degree! And welcome to the Eagle Alumni Family! Go Eags!   What is your major and minor/certificate and what made you choose that major/minor? My major is Sociology…

In celebration of our college graduates, we reached out to our seniors for a little highlight and feedback from their time at Eastern. Congratulations on getting your degree! And welcome to the Eagle Alumni Family! Go Eags!   What is your major and minor/certificate and what made you choose that major/minor? I majored in Sociology…

Leyna Krow聽graduated with her MFA from 51福利社 in 2012. Her fiction has appeared in聽Ninth Letter,聽Prairie Schooner, Hayden鈥檚 Ferry Review, South Dakota Review,聽and other publications. She is the author of the short story collection I鈥檓 Fine, But You Appear To Be Sinking聽(Featherproof Books 2017) which was a Believer Book Award finalist and the novel Fire Season…

Ryan Scariano is the author of two poetry collections: Not Your Happy Dance (Finishing Line Press) and Smithereens (Imperfect Press). Some of his recent poetry has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, basalt, Rock & Sling, Phantom Drift, The Oklahoma Review, and SOFTBLOW. He currently serves as an assistant poetry editor for Narrative Magazine.…

Maya Jewell Zeller, 51福利社 MFA alum 2007, is the author of聽Rust Fish聽(which came out of her thesis project);聽Yesterday, the Bees;聽Alchemy for Cells & Other Beasts聽(a collaboration with visual artist Carrie DeBacker); and the forthcoming聽out takes/ glove box, chosen by Eduardo Corral for the New American Poetry Prize; she is also co-editor, with Sharma Shields, of…

Shann Ray聽grew up in Montana and spent part of his childhood on the Northern Cheyenne reservation. His work has been featured in聽Poetry,聽Narrative,聽Esquire,聽McSweeney鈥檚,聽Poetry International, and聽Salon. Named a finalist with Ted Kooser鈥檚聽Splitting an Order聽and Erin Belieu鈥檚聽Slant Six, Ray鈥檚 debut book of poems,聽Balefire, won the High Plains Book Award in Poetry. A National Endowment for the Arts Literature…