M.F.A. WINTER RESIDENCY – JUBI ARRIOLA-HEADLEY: WCSU’s MFA in Creative and Professional Writing welcomes our 2021 Housatonic Book Award winner in poetry, Jubi Arriola-Headley! Jubi will read from his winning collection, “original kink,” and answer questions from the audience from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building (President’s Reception Room).

All evening residency events are free and open to the public.

Jubi Arriola-Headley (he/him) is a Blacqueer poet, storyteller, first-generation United Statesian, and author of original kink: poems (Sibling Rivalry Press), recipient of the 2021 Housatonic Book Award. He’s a 2018 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow, holds an MFA from the University of Miami, and has received support from Yaddo, Millay Arts, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Lambda Literary, & the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Jubi and his work have been featured in Literary Hub, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, Southern Humanities Review, PBS NewsHour’s Brief But Spectacular, & elsewhere. Jubi lives with his husband in South Florida, on ancestral Tequesta, Miccosukee, and Seminole lands.