Alyssa Songsiridej
Fiction Writer

Thursday, Sept. 21 – 3 p.m.
Reading
Mazur Hall, Room 821

Alyssa Songsiridej is the author of the novel Little Rabbit, which was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Edmund White Award. She was a “5 Under 35” National Book Foundation honoree in 2022, and has been supported by institutions such as the Corporation of Yaddo, the Ucross Foundation, and Lighthouse Works. A graduate of Temple University’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, she is the managing editor of Electric Literature and lives in Philadelphia.

The Poets & Writers Series is sponsored by the Temple University MFA Program in Creative Writing, with the assistance of the Department of English. Each year a number of poets and fiction writers are invited to read from and discuss their work to members of both the Temple community and the local Philadelphia arts scene. All events are free and open to the public.