Yellow Studio Residents
Winter 2025 Residents
Author-In-Residence
Aimee Pokwatka is the author of the novels Self-Portrait with Nothing and The Parliament. Born and raised in West Virginia, she studied anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and received her MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University. Her short fiction has been published in Fairy Tale Review, Outlook Springs, Hunger Mountain, and elsewhere. She lives in Cross River with her family.
Aimee Pokwatka
Author-In-Residence
"I finished my MFA in fiction writing at Columbia University less than a year ago. A third of my second novel served as my graduating thesis. After discussing the pages with my advisor and after a few months away from my craft due to the loss of both my elderly parents, I feel now it's time to go back to work, concentrate, and finish my book.
My second novel is an immigrant story. So far, I have 25,000 words written and edited, corresponding to the first part of this book. What I want to accomplish with the Yellow Studio residency is to complete the second part of the novel or at least 30,000 words. This is a narrative about women, and it would be a plus if I could be in a place that encourages female artists to pursue their dreams." - Ines Rodrigues
