The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host a nonfiction and poetry reading by UNCG alum Sarah Rose Nordgren and Travis Sharp on Thursday, September 12th at 6PM in Room 1215 of the Moore Humanities and Research Administration Building, 1111 Spring Garden Street. The event… Continue reading…
Happy Pub Day to UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Paul Crenshaw! Melt with Me: Coming of Age and other 80’s Perils launches today from Mad Creek Books.
Happy Pub Day to UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Camille Dungy! Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden launches today from Simon & Schuster.
Happy Pub Day to UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Jim Minick! Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas launches today from Bison Books.
Happy Pub Day to UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Kat Meads! These Particular Women launches today from Sagging Meniscus Press.
Happy Pub Day to UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Carole Boston Weatherford! Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America launches today from Albert Whitman & Company.
So first, a confession: I’m a writing teacher, and a poet, with a book in the works, and I am not a big reader. *gasp* “But james! The best writers are advent readers! Yes, and thank you for reminding me of the ever-impending doom that is the battle between my… Continue reading…
I’ve always been a sensitive person. I mourn road kill before I’ve realized it’s only a plastic bag on the highway. I cry during every movie, especially ones for children. Irish goodbyes are my favorite way to leave a going-away party or the last day of even the worst job,… Continue reading…
I have a set of bookmarks with a heading that says “Books I’ve Read!” There are ten slots for books to be read throughout the time that the reader has the bookmark. I got the set two years ago and have probably completed three or four of them. The most… Continue reading…
Looking back on the books I read in the months before moving to Greensboro, I see the UNCG application process and my whole winter, spring, and summer. Sometimes I was trying to plug gaps in my reading history. Mostly, I was drifting through my local public library letting my intuition… Continue reading…
