PACT Desk Set.
These are the experiments of the Pacific Alumni Craft Talk Team.
Our mission: to amplify Pacific University MFA alumni voices.
In October 2024, we launched our first episode as a scrappy crew of six poets, nonfiction, and fiction writers. We curated monthly interviews dedicated to craft deep dives and the published work of our peers. Now, as we approach Season 2, we’re expanding into new territories, welcoming new team members, and publishing monthly contributions from MFA alumni stakeholders:
Monthly Log Entries from the Literary Lurker
by Matthew Kasper
Odes to the Arts of Craft
by Kate Wylie
Roundtable, a Video Podcast
hosted by Ben Porter
On the Phone – Calls from the Other Side of Graduation
with Atina Hartunian
Pub Drawl – Pending Alumni publications, Opportunities, Compiled submission deadlines
by Mike Itaya
Artwork + graphics
by Verena Raban
PACT Interviews will continue as monthly Zoom events with Michele Knapp, McKenzie Watson-Fore, Michael Hahn, Shella Parcarey, and Therese Beale, technical guidance from Nadia Blejer Hahn, and also Melissa McKinstry, our PACT Ambassador.
The PACT Team remains steadfast in our mission to inspire, collaborate, and amplify the voices of Pacific University MFA’s alumni. With new content, fresh perspectives, and a passion for craft, we invite you to join us this season, and above all—keep writing.
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PACT + Friends
Desk Set:
Atina Hartunian: PACTDeskSet Co-Editor, On the Phone podcast.
Mike Itaya: PACTDeskSet Co-Editor, Pub Drawl.
Verena Raban: Art Director (Season Two).
Kate Wylie: DJ, Odes.
Matthew Kasper: The Literary Lurker.
Ben Porter: Host of the Round Table.
Interviews:
Michele Knapp, McKenzie Watson-Fore, Michael Hahn, Shella Parcarey, and Therese Beale: PACT interview/interviewee content.
Nadia Blejer Hahn: Technical Advisor.
Melissa McKinstry: PACT Ambassador.
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