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MFA Grad Working on Fourth Book

Cinelle Barnes Converse MFA

MFA alumna Cinelle Barnes ’15 (Creative Nonfiction) is currently at work on her fourth book. Barnes, the author of Monsoon Mansion and Malaya: Essays on Freedom, signed with a New York literary agent who visited campus during her final semester at Converse’s low-residency MFA program. 

Watch Cinelle talk about her experience in Converse’s MFA program and how it guided her career path.

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