Jennifer Jussel and Damilola Oyedeji October 29, 2026

Location: Escondido Theater, SUB at 5:00 PM

The Creative Writing Program is proud to host a joint reading by two doctoral students, Jennifer Jussel and Damilola Oyedeji, who are launching debut books this semester.

Jennifer Jussel's debut book, Mellitus: Essays on Up/Rooting, won the 2026 Howling Bird Press Nonfiction Prize. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, she has received funding from the Vermont Studio Center and McCormack Writing Center. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Anglica, Spectrum, Radar, Booth, Santa Clara Review, Cleaver, and others.

A Best of the Net nominee, Damilola Oyedeji's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Modern Language Studies, Hellbender Magazine, Orange Blossom Review, Lolwe, The Shallow Tales Review, Brittle Paper, The Nigeria Review, Prairie Home Magazine, Belfast Review, and elsewhere. Thirty West Publishing has published her debut chapbook, Blue Scapes.

The joint reading will take place on October 29, at 5 p.m., in the SUB's Escondido Theater.