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Fri, Sep 12, 2025 7:00pm–8:00pm

Webster MFA Reading Series: Jared Scribner and Alejandro de la Garza

an image showing portraits of two young men
Jared Scribner (left) and Alejandro de la Garza (right)
Fri, Sep 12, 2025
7:00pm–8:00pm
Helmut Stern Auditorium

Organized by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program and presented in partnership with UMMA, the Mark Webster Reading Series showcases the work of second-year MFA students in fiction and poetry.

Jared Scribner is a fiction writer from southwest Missouri. He is currently working on a collection of stories and a novella. Jared will be introduced by Sean Cavanaugh

Alejandro de la Garza is a writer from Dobbs Ferry, New York. Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, he worked as a journalist covering climate change. Alejandro will be introduced by Sophie Weisskoff.

Friends, family, and members of the Ann Arbor community are welcome to attend the readings both in-person at UMMA or live on Zoom.

This series is free and open to the public. For questions, accommodation needs, or the password to attend the event via Zoom, please contact co-hosts, Micah Muhammad (micahmuh@umich.edu) and Jennifer Nessel (jnessel@umich.edu).

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Presented by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Mark Webster Reading Series remembers the poetry and life of Mark Webster. This showcase of work by second-year MFA students in the Helen Zell Writers’ Program is an opportunity to hear from emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting.