Slapering Hol Press and HVWC Present the MFA Spotlight Reading

MFA Student Writers from Sarah Lawrence College:

Kerry Kurdziel lives in New York and is an MFA candidate at Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has appeared in Muzzle Magazine, Bear Review, Columbia Journal, and elsewhere. She is a winner of the 2025 SLC Poetry Festival Writing Contest judged by Rio Cortez, and was a finalist for the 2025 Ploughshares Emerging Writer Contest.

Marwa Daftani is an Afghan poet and writer currently pursuing an MFA at Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Rising Phoenix Review, Shō Poetry Journal, The Racket, Tell Me About the Dream, an anthology inspired by the work of Richard Siken, and elsewhere. When she is not writing, you can find her watching Al Pacino movies or contemplating the water. 

Mayzie Sattler (she/her) is a poet from Upstate New York. She is a second year MFA candidate at Sarah Lawrence College, where she serves…