Writers in Camden Reunion Reading: Michael Deagler & Nina St. Pierre

Acclaimed authors and Rutgers-Camden MFA alumni Michael Deagler and Nina St. Pierre will read from their work. Afterward, alumni of the MA and MFA programs will have the opportunity to share selections of their own work (registration required for readers).

Michael Deagler’s debut novel Early Sobrieties was published this year by Astra House. Deagler’s fiction has appeared in Harper’s, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, and elsewhere. He is the recipient of a National Magazine Award, as well as fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is pursuing a Ph.D. in creative writing and literature at the University of Southern California.

Nina St. Pierre’s debut memoir, Love Is a Burning Thing, was published this year by Dutton Books. Set at the foot of a cosmic mountain, it’s a story about fire, family, and what it means to believe; about the boundaries between mysticism and mental illness. As a culture writer and essayist, Nina makes unexpected connections; whether profiling the sole woman in the Ruff Ryders street-bike crew or exploring the prophecy of the mystical udumbara flower. Read her work in GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Gossamer, Outside, Bitch, and more. Nina holds an MFA from Rutgers-Camden, was a 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Nonfiction Literature, and a RESP Fellow. She lives in New York City.

Free admission. Registration encouraged. Refreshments provided. Books available for purchase.

Writers In Camden Series

The nation’s top authors, poets, editors, and publishers will once again visit Rutgers University–Camden to lead a series of inspiring and engaging readings and workshops for aspiring writers in the Delaware Valley.

Thanks to funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rutgers–Camden master of fine arts (MFA) program in creative writing – in conjunction with the Writers House at Rutgers–Camden – will continue its celebrated Writers in Camden series, which is free and open to the public.