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Ocean Vuong is an award-winning poet and the author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, a work hailed as an 鈥渆xpansive and introspective, fragmented and dreamlike鈥�coming of age tale鈥� by the Los Angeles Times. Adored by the literary community and college campuses alike, Vuong鈥檚 talks are thoughtful and engaging discussions on his equally brilliant works.

Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Vuong was raised in Hartford, CT and now lives in Northampton, MA, where he serves as an Assistant Professor in the MFA Program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

This event is free and open to the public. For questions or accommodations, contact Jade V.

Submit your questions for the Q&A in advance by emailing ekicak@usf.edu with the subject line "Ocean Vuong Question."

There will NOT be a book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event. There will be free desserts and beverages after the event in the CWY 2nd floor rotunda space.

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Guest parking for visitors without a USF parking permit can park in Lot 22 or visit USF Parking and Transporation Services for more information. 

Application open October 1. This is when students are asked to submit a brief abstract of their project. All application questions can be found in the FAQ section of the conference webpage. 

Early-bird Applications Due: November 8, 2024

Standard Application Deadline:
December 6, 2024

Alison C. Rollins will read and perform from her groundbreaking collection Black Bell (Copper Canyon Press, 2024). Inspired by the nineteenth-century image of an enslaved woman wearing iron horns and bells, these poems explore the intersections between individual experience and collective memory. Rollins was named a 2023-2024 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow and a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in 2019. She is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

This event is free and open to the public. 

This one-day graduate research symposium will take place in the Marshall Student Center on the USF Tampa campus. Free breakfast and lunch is provided for presenters as well as a swag bag.

Faculty interested in serving as a panel moderator can contact Liz Kicak. The symposium is also free to attend for audience members. Come support our graduate students!