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 Kat Meads! These Particular Women launches today from Sagging Meniscus Press.
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’m hardly a mystery buff. In fact, I’ve been known to actively avoid the mystery section in most bookstores for reasons I’m sure are unfair to mystery fans and writers. The best answer I can articulate as to why I steer clear of the mystery genre probably has a lot… 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…
What is it about “the strange” that allows us, readers and writers alike, to access some deeper human truth? How does strangeness operate on us—as we read it, as we write it, as we experience it? Some variation of this question was posed by one of my former professors, and… Continue reading…
I struggled over the summer to get writing. I realize I’m not supposed to say I took a break in my writing regimen, especially before I started an MFA program, but after a year of struggling with writing, community, and my identity, I found myself resisting my usual practices and… Continue reading…
