Congrats and happy pub day to Holly Goddard Jones, fiction faculty member in our MFA Writing Program! Antipodes comes out today from the University of Iowa Press. A new collection of short stories about living in “an era of unknowability, of persistent strangeness,” Antipodes is Holly Goddard Jones’ fourth book…. Continue reading…
Happy Pub Day to UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Steve Almond! All the Secrets of the World launches today from Zando.
Fiction alumna and former Greensboro Review fiction editor Rose Himber Howse has been awarded a prestigious Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. Many congratulations and best wishes from Greensboro, Rose! Read an interview from the GR archives with Rose here. Rose Himber Howse is a queer writer from North Carolina… Continue reading…
Greensboro MFA faculty Xhenet Aliu has won this year’s Townsend Prize for her novel, Brass. The Townsend Prize for Fiction is the state of Georgia’s oldest and most prestigious literary award, awarded biennially by the Georgia Center for the Book in partnership with the Chattahoochee Review. Congrats, Xhenet! https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/books–literature/xhenet-aliu-brass-wins-2020-townsend-prize-for-fiction/WXOCrzMBug7TtD5whvCsiP/
We’ve had another spectacular MFA Thesis Reading Series from our graduating poets and fiction writers, with over a month of Friday evening events hosted at Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm Street. Readings by: January 24: Evan Fackler & Tegan Daly February 7: Matt Valades & Robin Hendricks February 14: Claire Denson… Continue reading…
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
The MFA Writing Program at UNCG is delighted to welcome Xhenet Aliu as the newest member of our creative writing faculty. Aliu will give a reading on Thursday, August 29 at 7 p.m. in the UNCG Faculty Center. Xhenet Aliu’s new novel, Brass, was a Barnes & Noble “Discover Great… Continue reading…
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/
Kelly Link (UNC Greensboro MFA ’95 and recent MacArthur ‘genius’ grant recipient) talks about nighttime logic, her novel-in-progress, and wild goose chases: https://newsandfeatures.uncg.edu/an-interview-with-alumna-kelly-link-macarthur-genius/
Doua Thao, a graduate of the Greensboro MFA and former editor of The Greensboro Review, has received the 2019 O. Henry prize for short fiction in recognition of “Flowers for America” (published in Fiction). Congratulations to Doua for this great honor! https://lithub.com/announcing-the-100th-annual-o-henry-prize/
