In The Media

Holly Mason Badra recently published a multi-genre anthology showcasing the work of contemporary Kurdish women and nonbinary writers living all over the world. Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora (The University of Arkansas Press, 2025) was recently featured in The Kurdistan Chronicle and elsewhere. 

Histories of Britain composed during the "twelfth-century renaissance" display a remarkable amount of literary variety (Latin varietas). Furthermore, British historians writing after the Norman Conquest often draw attention to the differing forms of their texts. But why would historians of this period associate literary variety with the work of history-writing?

MFA fiction student Lyz Duesterhoeft worked as part of a team of 11 scientists and students researching factors that “shape public perceptions of extreme weather risk” and how an understanding of those factors can help encourage preparedness.

Join Mason Creative Writing in Kansas City, Missouri from February 7-10 for the AWP conference!

Art Taylor, faculty member in the Department of English, answers questions about his work, his influences, and his breakfast beverage preferences in a profile on the popular website.