In November, UMKC’s MFA students read their poetry and prose at Crows Coffee as part of the university’s ongoing Working Words series. Fresh off their appearance at the previous night’s Writers for Readers event benefiting Literacy Kansas City, author Edmund White and his husband, Michael Carroll, attended the reading and visited with students. Check out photos from both events below.

Visiting authors Edmund White and Michael Carroll attend a reading by UMKC MFA students.
Visiting authors Edmund White and Michael Carroll attend a reading by UMKC MFA students.
UMKC MFA poetry student Chell Navarro
UMKC MFA poetry student Chell Navarro
UMKC fiction MFA student Matthew Russo
UMKC MFA fiction student Matthew Russo
UMKC poetry MFA student Randall Weiss
UMKC MFA poetry student Randall Weiss
The Writers for Readers event drew a sizable crowd to the Kansas City Public Library.
The Writers for Readers event drew a sizable crowd to the Kansas City Public Library.
Michael Carroll, Edmund White, and local writer Charles Ferruzza at the Writers for Readers event.
Michael Carroll, Edmund White, and local writer Charles Ferruzza at the Writers for Readers event

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