Dr. Christian Kiefer begins position as West Coast Editor for the Paris Review

The Paris Review recently announced that Dr. Christian Kiefer, Director of Ashland University's MFA Program in Creative Writing, will be taking on the newly created role of West Coast Editor. Emily Nemens, Editor of The Paris Review, writes that 

Christian’s inveterate energy, good taste, and large network have already proven valuable to my first issue, and we should all be thankful that he connected us with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, whose Art of Poetry interview is now underway.

Dr. Kiefer joined Ashland's English Department in January 2017. In addition to directing the low-residency MFA program, Dr. Kiefer is also a musician and a prolific writer of numerous works, including his novel The Infinite Tides and the novella One Day Soon Time Will Have No Place Left to Hide. His forthcoming novel, Phantoms, will be published in April by Liveright.