Literary Arts

Ishara Serrette (she/her) is a fiction writer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she studied Creative Writing at the University of the Arts. She was the fiction editor for the creative writing program’s literary magazine, Underground Pool in 2021. She was also awarded the Excellence in Service & Leadership in the Visual Arts award and the Student Leader of the Year award in 2021. She often writes with an emphasis on speculative fiction, but her focus is frequently placed on relationships and the intimacy between her characters. She takes inspiration from writers such as Octavia E. Butler, Carmen Maria Machado, Toni Morrison, and Edwidge Danticat, who are fearless with their craft. She currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island, where she is pursuing her MFA in the Literary Arts Program at Brown University.