As a writer, I’m fascinated by the idea of home as a physical and conceptual space. I don’t labor under the impression that I, or my characters, fully comprehend that space; there’s a lot to parse, and true understanding is sometimes too much for a story to bear. To the… Continue reading…
When the world went into hiding, and the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation, I found myself unemployed, planning a move across the country, and itching for human connection. All of a sudden there was entirely too much time and no bars, no restaurants, no movie theaters, no concerts or anything… Continue reading…
What I have on the nightstand beside my bed began as a book stack and has now quickly become a book tower. On a plastic storage bin nearby is what you might call a book pile – spread out and messier. It’s about a month into the new school year… Continue reading…
Perhaps influenced by the sometimes-apocalyptic news it is not always easy to simply settle down to read—never mind writing! But so it goes and there is no rest for the wicked, or worse yet, writers and book worms. As a now editor of The Greensboro Review, and second year student… Continue reading…
I’m sharing these books because I think they are very good, and I hope you will pick up at least one of them. That said, I want to acknowledge that the entire list is much heavier fare than what usually fills up my reading pile. I’ll also note that the… Continue reading…
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying, from MFA Writing Program alumna Nina Riggs, is highlighted as “one of the most helpful” non-self-help books of the year from the New York Times Book Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/books/review/best-self-help.html
Essay by MFA Writing Program at Greensboro alum Julianna Baggott over at Writer Unboxed: http://writerunboxed.com/2013/05/03/what-i-learned-from-thomas-edison-and-how-it-applies-to-novelists/
MFA Writing Program at Greensboro alum Steve Almond on “Why We Still Read ‘The Great Gatsby’” over at “Here and Now”: http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/05/09/literary-great-gatsby
New article by MFA Writing Program at Greensboro alum Rowan Jacobsen over at Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/heritage-apples-john-bunker-maine
New essay by MFA Writing Program at Greensboro alum Angela Davis-Gardner over at ‘The Millions’: http://www.themillions.com/2013/02/funny-you-dont-look-like-angela-davis.html
