Congratulations to poet and UNCG MFA alumna Camille T. Dungy, who has received a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship! https://libarts.source.colostate.edu/csu-english-professor-camille-dungy-wins-guggenheim-fellowship/
Wetware, the motion picture based on Craig Nova’s novel of the same name, will be making its theatrical debut on Sunday, August 19th at 6PM at Nantucket Dreamland. Watch the trailer at https://vimeo.com/178329080
Greensboro poet and faculty member Emilia Phillips has won a Pushcart Prize for her poem, “Pathetic Fallacy.” Congratulations, Emilia! https://m.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/pathetic-fallacy
Congratulations to Greensboro fiction faculty Michael Parker, whose story “Stop ‘n’ Go” has been selected for inclusion in the 2018 O. Henry Prize Stories. https://lithub.com/announcing-the-2018-o-henry-prize-stories/
The inaugural national book festival is coming to Greensboro May 18-20, 2018, with headliners including Carmen Maria Machado and Nikki Giovanni. Stay tuned for more events and readings. http://greensborobound.com/nikki-giovanni-carmen-maria-machado-headline-greensboro-bound/
Live near Manchester, New Hampshire? Go see MFA Writing Program at Greensboro alum Jennifer Millitello read tonight at 6:30 at The Shaskeen Pub and Restaurant: https://www.facebook.com/events/397860386987444/?ref=3
Visiting the Out Banks? MFA Writing Program at Greensboro fiction writer emeritus, Lee Zacharias, will be signing books at Manteo Booksellers in Manteo from 2-4 this afternoon . . .
“The Rigid Body” by MFA Writing Program at Greensboro alum Gabriel Spera named a finalist for the 2013 Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Benjamin Franklin Awards: http://www.ibpa-online.org/benefits/benjamin-franklin-awards/2013-benjamin-franklin-award-finalists/#.UZaUBCv70WW
Live near Mooresville, NC? Go see MFA Writing Program at Greensboro alum Bruce Piephoff in a house concert tonight at 7:00: http://www.reverbnation.com/show/9366546
“To See the Queen,” by MFA Writing Program at Greensboro alum Allison Seay listed by Library Journal as one of the Thirty Essential Poetry Titles for Spring 2013: http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2013/04/books/nonfic/arts-humanities/thirty-essential-poetry-titles-for-spring-2013/
