English Education Alum Spotlight: Brittany Egerton
English Education Alum Brittany Egerton was recently commissioned as an Ensign in the US Navy! Congratulations!
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Happy Pub Day to UNC Greensboro MFA Writing Program alum Cathy Carr!
Happy Pub Day to UNC Greensboro MFA Writing Program alum Cathy Carr! 365 Days to Alaska launches today from Amulet Books. “Cathy Carr’s debut is a poignant novel about family and truth, particularly the uncomfortable truths between fathers and daughters, told in a voice full of insight, love, and humor. She’s… Continue reading…
Happy Pub Day to UNC Greensboro MFA Writing Program alum Kat Meads!
Happy Pub Day to UNC Greensboro MFA Writing Program alum Kat Meads! Dear DeeDee launches today from Regal House Publishing. “The depth of field Meads painstakingly develops in Dear DeeDee creates a kind of Geertzian modality, a thick description of the valences of time, place, mood—all of which make it a… Continue reading…
Happy Pub Day to UNC Greensboro MFA Writing Program alum George Singleton!
Happy Pub Day to UNC Greensboro MFA Writing Program alum George Singleton! You Want More launches today from Hub City Writers Project. “These stories have absurdist energy, wit, and inventiveness to burn, but antic comedy is their mode and métier, not their sole aim or reason for being. Singleton’s… Continue reading…
Happy Pub Day to UNC Greensboro MFA Writing Program alum M.C. Armstrong!
Happy Pub Day to UNC Greensboro MFA Writing Program alum M.C. Armstrong! The Mysteries of Haditha launches today from Potomac Books. “The Mysteries of Haditha is a unique and fascinating book. . . . This memoir is an account of the complex mixture of motives that led M. C. Armstrong… Continue reading…
Camille Dungy, UNCG poetry alum, named University Distinguished Professor
Congratulations to UNC Greensboro alumna Camille T. Dungy for being named Colorado State University Distinguished Professor! “Camille Dungy, an award-winning poet, Guggenheim Fellow and faculty member in the Department of English, has been named a University Distinguished Professor. “Her record of creative activity is simply outstanding: scores of individual poems… Continue reading…
Greensboro alum Kelly Link featured on BBC Radio’s Fantastic Journeys
Listen to “The Faery Handbag” by UNC Greensboro alumna Kelly Link over on BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hlb0h?fbclid=IwAR0IeQGjuZHQ6-z9m4GrklrIhYFpFEE0SwJQwixgTmpGxaQ76qrTT_JielU
MFA professor and alumna receive NC Arts Council Fellowships
Two of this year’s NC Arts Council Fellowships were awarded to members of our UNCG creative writing community: Emilia Phillips, poetry faculty member, and MFA Writing Program alumna Jennie Malboeuf. Phillips plans to use the grant to fund experiential research and residencies toward the completion of a lyric essay collection…. Continue reading…
Summer Reading: Books by UNCG Faculty and Alumni
It’s the first day of summer! This has been a great year so far for Greensboro faculty and alums, so be sure to check out the University Communications reading recommendations among books published in 2019: https://newsandfeatures.uncg.edu/summer-reading-books-faculty-alumni/
Audiobook column: parents in all their complicated forms
In his latest audiobook column for Literary Hub, James Tate Hill, Greensboro MFA alum, recommends five new (and very different) audiobooks about parents and parenthood: https://lithub.com/5-audiobooks-with-complicated-parent-child-relationships/