Junot Diaz reads from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao for the Edelstein Keller lectures at the University of Minnesota. I'll be taking photos at events for the U's webpage / other promotional materials.

L to R: Trish Hampl, Colleen Coyne (P), Amanda Beck (P), Brian Laidlaw (P), David LeGault (CNF), Josh Ostergaard (CNF), Ying Huang (CNF), Brian Gebhart (F), Heather McPherson (CNF), Edward McPherson (F), Liana Liu (F), Josh Morsell (CNF), Jonah Charney-Sirott, me.

Here we are, the first year MFA candidates with our Reading Across Genres instructor, Trish Hampl. She brought us to the Loft (with which, so many years ago, she was a founding member) for a tour of the facilities, then out for wine and appetizers at Spill the Wine next door.