Tara Hollander is a published poet who graduated last week after completing her thesis titled The Environmentalist's Will. Tara’s poetry blends science and art as well as sexuality and religion, with an overall root focus in nature. Her work is bold and unafraid to be itself, a perfection reflection of the amazing poet.

Our Editor-in-Chief, Hannah Cornell, graduated this past weekend. She writes both poetry and fiction, having dabbled in both long- and short-form.

Here, Hannah and I talk about the journey her thesis took. Her thesis, Tremors, is a blend of poetry and short prose focused on family and self-discovery with a beautiful reverence towards nature.

Cara Tallo is a second-year student who dabbles across genres, particularly enjoying non-fiction and memoir.

We interviewed her to learn more about her thesis, a narrative non-fiction project about eating disorders and bigger bodies in the age of Ozempic.

Emma Sidoli is a second-year student who writes in fiction, primarily the speculative kind. We interviewed her to learn more about her thesis project, a short story and flash fiction collection aimed at examining womanhood.

Angela Alvarez, upcoming EIC of Café MFA writes about how the Barrelhouse Conference, hosted by American University, impacted writers in the MFA program!

Walker Peters is a second-year student and diehard fantasy nerd. We interviewed him to learn more about his thesis project.