utv team

Magda Bogin
founder & director

Gabriela Damián
assistant director

Laura Garibay
logistics coordinator

2020 faculty

David Barstow journalism

Cyrus Cassells poetry

Alberto Chimal fiction

Adam Foulds
fiction

David Huerta
poetry

Victor LaValle writer-in-residence

Monica Lavín manuscript seminar

Emily Raboteau literary non-fiction

Elizabeth Rosner manuscript seminar

Alejandra Xanic journalism

2020 reading fellows

UTV Reading Fellows are exciting young writers with a first book either published or in the pipeline. Most are alumni of Under the Volcano. Iin residence throughout the Core Program, they assist master class writers as a second pair of eyes, with a special focus on suggestions for revision. During the Extension Residency they work on their own writing and are available by appointment for one-on-one consultations by genre.

Francisco Cantú
literary non-fiction

Tim MacGabhann
fiction, journalism, poetry

Nelly Rosario
fiction

Ayşegül Savaş
fiction

"When I was feeling overwhelmed at the sheer talent and accomplishments of the faculty, a fellow writing student said to me, “The only difference between them and us is time.”

MARTHA MORRISON, Toronto, Canada

"UTV is more than a learning experience set against a powerful landscape... it offers a mental space for creativity."

DANIEL ESCOTO, Mexico City

past faculty

board of directors

Kristina Bicher / Magda Bogin / Carol Davis / Elizabeth Madigan / John Werner

advisory board

Lourdes Arizpe / Sandra Cisneros / Janet Dawson / Laura Garibay/ David Huerta / Jonathan Levi / Paul Muldoon / Nelly Rosario /Ann Folwell Stanford / Gobi Stromberg / Ginger Thompson / Luisa Valenzuela