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SUMMARY:YOU'RE INVITED TO DINNER
DESCRIPTION:Join EGSA for an afternoon of suspense and culinary chaos!
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/youre-invited-to-dinner/
LOCATION:1111 Spring Garden Street\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401
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SUMMARY:ADVOCACY CLUB
DESCRIPTION:Check out the new Advocacy Club by stopping by the interest meeting in MHRA 1213 at 4:00 this Wednesday.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/advocacy-club/
LOCATION:1111 Spring Garden Street\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401
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SUMMARY:Open Study Sessions
DESCRIPTION:If you need a quiet space to study or get organized for the week ahead\, join EGSA in MHRA 3501 (the round room) on Monday afternoons from 12-3.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/open-study-sessions/
LOCATION:1111 Spring Garden Street\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401
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SUMMARY:Advising for Spring 2027
DESCRIPTION:Advising for Spring 2027 begins on October 15th at 11:30 AM in MHRA 3407. We have lots of days and times for you to drop-in throughout October and November.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/advising-for-spring-2027/
LOCATION:1111 Spring Garden Street\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T120000
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SUMMARY:Spring 2027 Advising Kickoff
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the round room to kickoff Advising for Spring 2027! We will have sandwiches\, snacks\, and some snuggles from Odin\, UNGG’s Comfort Dog.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/spring-2027-advising-kickoff/
LOCATION:1111 Spring Garden Street\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T090000
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SUMMARY:Game Studies Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Game Studies Book Club is back for 2026\, now open to all of campus!! \n\n\n\nEGON is hosting alongside the wider Videogaming and Esports Studies community. We’re discussing Bo Ruberg’s seminal book Video “Games Have Always Been Queer”. See you there 🎮📖
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/game-studies-book-club/2026-10-14/
LOCATION:1111 Spring Garden Street\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T180000
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SUMMARY:Travis Mulhauser Alumni Homecoming Fiction Reading
DESCRIPTION:The Creative Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and the UNCG Department of English will host a fiction reading by UNCG alum Travis Mulhauser on Thursday\, October 1st at 6PM in the UNCG Alumni House. A part of the Department of English’s homecoming celebration\, the event will be preceded by a reception. It is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTRAVIS MULHAUSER is the author of the novels\, Fair Chase (Grand Central/Hachette)\, The Trouble Up North (Grand Central/Hatchette)\, and Sweetgirl (Ecco/Harper Collins). The Trouble Up North was one of NPR’s Books We Love in 2025\, received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly\, was an Amazon Editor’s Choice Pick\, and an Apple Audio Must Listen selection. Sweetgirl was long-listed for The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize\, was a Michigan Notable Book Award winner\, an Indie Next Pick\, and was named one of Ploughshares Best Books of the New Year. He currently lives currently in Durham\, North Carolina with his wife\, two children\, and dog.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/travis-mulhauser-alumni-homecoming-fiction-reading/
LOCATION:UNCG Alumni House\, 404 College Avenue\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Distinguished Writer Series,Fiction Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T140000
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SUMMARY:Agora: CAS Week Special Edition
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URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/agora-special-edition/#new_tab
LOCATION:Ferguson Building\, 524 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T130000
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SUMMARY:English Club: CAS Week Special Edition
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URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/english-club-special-edition/#new_tab
LOCATION:MHRA Building\, 1111 Spring Garden St\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T180000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Words: Special Edition
DESCRIPTION:The Department of English at UNC Greensboro and the UNCG Creative Writing Program will host a rapid-fire fiction and poetry reading on Wednesday\, September 16th at 6PM in the Organ Recital Hall of the UNCG School of Music. The reading will feature six of the English Department’s creative writing lecturers: Joe Dunne\, Rachael Hershon\, Michael Pittard\, Andrew Saulters\, Catherine Sawyers\, and Katie Worden. The event\, a part of College of Arts & Sciences Week at UNCG\, is free & open to the public and will be followed by a reception.JOE DUNNE is a Lecturer of English at UNC Greensboro and the Associate Director of UNCG’s Prison Education Program. In 2021\, he earned his MFA in Creative Writing\, Fiction. When not teaching the craft of fiction\, he lays under trees\, memorizes poems\, and explores backroads. RACHAEL HERSHON is a poet and educator from just outside Boston\, Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in Boulevard\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, and Moon City Review\, among others\, and she has twice been named a finalist for the Dorianne Laux Prize for Poetry in 2025 and 2026.  \n\n\n\nMICHAEL PITTARD is a Senior Lecturer of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is a doctoral candidate in Rhetoric and Composition and holds an MFA in poetry from UNCG. His poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from such publications as Passages North\, Autofocus\, Cola Literary Review\, & The Citron Review.  \n\n\n\nANDREW SAULTERS is an editor\, poet\, and bookbinder whose hobbies include cycling\, still photography\, and automotive maintenance. He is the author\, with several collaborators\, of No\, It’s Just You: A Memoir in 70 One-Act Plays and One Montage. \n\n\n\nCATHERINE SAWYERS received her MFA in Creative Writing from UNC Greensboro and currently lectures for the university. Her fiction has appeared in Carolina Muse and received an Honorable Mention for the Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize in 2026. \n\n\n\nKATIE M. WORDEN s a writer from New York. She teaches fiction writing and composition at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro\, where she earned her MFA and was awarded the Fred Chappell Creative Writing Fellowship. She lives in Greensboro with her two cats. \n\n\n\nFor directions and information about parking\, visit Spartan Directions.
URL:https://cas.uncg.edu/event/wednesday-words-special-edition/#new_tab
LOCATION:Organ Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Distinguished Writer Series,Faculty Reading,Fiction and Poetry Reading,Fiction Reading,Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T180000
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SUMMARY:KAYLA RAE WHITAKER FICTION READING
DESCRIPTION:The Class of 1952 and Creative Writing at UNC Greensboro will host a fiction reading by Kayla Rae Whitaker on Thursday\, September 10 at 6PM in the Elliott University Center Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signing. \n\n\n\nKAYLA RAE WHITAKER is the author of the novels\, Returns and Exchanges (Random House 2026) and The Animators (Random House 2017. The Animators\, was named a best book of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly\, NPR\, Kirkus\, and BookPage. Other work has been published in The Los Angeles Times\, Buzzfeed\, Electric Literature\, and elsewhere.  She writes and teaches in Queens\, New York.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/kayla-rae-whitaker-fiction-reading/
LOCATION:Elliott University Center Auditorium\, 507 Stirling Street\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Writer Series,Fiction Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260904T130000
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SUMMARY:ENGLISH CLUB
DESCRIPTION:Come join the English Club in MHRA 3501 for our first meeting of the year! We will enjoy drinks and pizza\, and we’ll do some “speed-friending” activities to foster new connections and strengthen old ones. Also\, any students interested in participating in an English Club planning committee should attend or reach out to Derek Palacio (dapalacio@uncg.edu).
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/english-club/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate Creative Writing,Undergraduates
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260903T180000
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SUMMARY:Radu Vancu Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:The Class of 1949 and Creative Writing at UNC Greensboro will host a poetry reading by Romanian poet\, essayist\, and translator Radu Vancu on Thursday\, September 3rd at 6:00 PM at Scuppernong Books\, 304 S. Elm Street. The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signing. RADU VANCU is university professor of arts and letters at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu. He is the author of eleven volumes of poetry and numerous books of prose. He has also contributed important translations into Romanian\, including volumes by W. B. Yeats\, Ezra Pound\, and John Berryman. Vancu is editor of Poesis International and Transilvania\, founder and organizer of the annual international poetry festival “Poets in Transylvania\,” and former president of PEN Romania. 
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/radu-vancu-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Writer Series,Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T150000
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SUMMARY:Spring Recognition Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/spring-recognition-ceremony/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27403\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T143302Z
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SUMMARY:Reading Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:Take a break from studying and join us as we celebrate the end of the semester!  We will have journals for summer and plenty of snacks.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/reading-day-2026/
LOCATION:MHRA Building\, 1111 Spring Garden St\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T150000
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SUMMARY:EGSA Presents...Self-Care Bar
DESCRIPTION:The week of finals can be stressful with upcoming papers and exams. Before jumping into your work\, take a moment to care for yourself by visiting our Self-Care Bar. Enjoy aromatherapy\, coloring pages\, snacks\, and many more activities on Wednesday\, April 29 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in MHRA 3206. You deserve to enter your finals rested and ready. Drop in and take a self-care bag to go or stay a while and recharge! 
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/egsa-presents-self-care-bar/
LOCATION:MHRA Building\, 1111 Spring Garden St\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T235959
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SUMMARY:North Carolina Writers' Network Spring Conference 2026
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URL:https://www.ncwriters.org/programs/conferences/sc26-main/#new_tab
LOCATION:MHRA Building\, 1111 Spring Garden St\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T160000
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SUMMARY:EGSA Presents Second Annual Hot Ones
DESCRIPTION:The English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) is hosting our Hot Ones event\, where English faculty answer your questions while eating spicy wings. Our faculty panel will include Dr. Erin Green\, Dr. Evan Moore\, Derek Palacio\, Michael Pittard\, and Joe Dunne. This event will be on Friday\, April 10\, from 2-4pm in the School of Education Building (SOE) 120. You can submit questions to our faculty panel in advance by using this form: go.uncg.edu/hotones26. EGSA will also be accepting donations for this event to continue supporting our graduate students with events like these! 
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/egsa-presents-second-annual-hot-ones/
LOCATION:School of Education Building\, 1300 Spring Garden St\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T210000
DTSTAMP:20260326T144004Z
CREATED:20260326T125154Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Casey McQuiston
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the launch of the Greensboro Bound Book Festival: American Kaleidoscope with #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston. \n\n\n\nMcQuiston is the author of Red\, White & Royal Blue\, One Last Stop\, I Kissed Shara Wheeler\, and The Pairing. Their sharp\, funny\, and heartfelt stories explore love\, identity\, and contemporary life\, an essential piece of our American mosaic. \n\n\n\nFree event. Registration required.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/an-evening-with-casey-mcquiston/
LOCATION:Elliott University Center\, 507 Stirling Street\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T121500
DTSTAMP:20260326T143257Z
CREATED:20260325T185722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T143257Z
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SUMMARY:UNCG Wellness Takeover Day
DESCRIPTION:As part of UNCG Wellness Takeover Day\, students are invited to engage in activities designed to help you reset and connect with what helps you feel your best.  \n\n\n\nJoin us in MHRA 3501 as we enjoy prompts from professors and receive a free journal as you experience the deep connections among reading\, writing\, and wellbeing. \n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\n\n9:00 a.m. Tony Cuda\n\n\n\n9:30 a.m. Jen Feather\n\n\n\n10:00 a.m. Joe Dunne\n\n\n\n10:30 a.m. Derek Palacio\n\n\n\n11:00 a.m. Jessie Van Rheenen\n\n\n\n11:30 a.m. Xhenet Aliu\n\n\n\n12:00 a.m. Heather Adams\n\n\n\n\nFor disability acommodations\, please contact english@uncg.edu
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/uncg-wellness-takeover-day/
LOCATION:MHRA Building\, 1111 Spring Garden St\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T180000
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SUMMARY:Diamond Forde and Stephanie Powell Watts: poetry and fiction reading
DESCRIPTION:The Class of 1952 and the Creative Writing Program at UNC Greensboro will host a poetry and fiction reading by Diamond Forde and Stephanie Powell Watts on Thursday\, April 2nd at 6:00 PM in UNCG Alumni House. The reading is free and open to the public and will be preceded by a reception and book signing. \n\n\n\nDIAMOND FORDE is the author of two poetry collections\, Mother Body\, a Kate Tufts Discovery award nominee\, and The Book of Alice\, winner of the Academy of American Poets’ James Laughlin Award. She has received a doctorate in Creative Writing at Florida State University\, with a specialization in both African American poetics and fat studies\, and an MFA in Creative Writing at The University of Alabama. Forde has received recognition in the Furious Flower Poetry Prize\, nomination as a Kate Tufts Discovery award finalist\, and has earned a Ruth Lily Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg fellowship. Her work has appeared in Poetry Magazine\, Obsidian\, Callaloo\, and elsewhere. Forde serves as the Interviews Editor for Honey Literary\, as an assistant professor at North Carolina University. \n\n\n\nSTEPHANIE POWELL WATTS won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for her debut story collection\, We Are Taking Only What We Need (2012)\, also named one of 2013’s Best Summer Reads by O: The Oprah Magazine. Her short fiction has been included in two volumes of the Best New Stories from the South anthology and honored with a Pushcart Prize. Ms. Powell Watts’s stories explore the lives of African Americans in fast food and factory jobs\, working door to door as Jehovah’s Witness ministers\, and pressing against the boundaries of the small town\, post-integration South. Her debut novel\, No One Is Coming to Save Us\, follows the return of a successful native son to his home in North Carolina and his attempt to join the only family he ever wanted but never had. As Ms. Powell Watts describes it\, “Imagine The Great Gatsby set in rural North Carolina\, nine decades later\, with desperate black people.” Born in the foothills of North Carolina\, with a PhD from the University of Missouri and a BA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte\, she now lives with her husband and son in Pennsylvania where she is an associate professor at Lehigh University.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/diamond-forde-stephanie-powell-watts-poetry-and-fiction-reading/
LOCATION:UNCG Alumni House\, 404 College Avenue\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Writer Series,Fiction and Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T190000
DTSTAMP:20260326T133007Z
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SUMMARY:Gabrielle Calvocoressi poetry reading
DESCRIPTION:The Creative Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host a poetry reading by Gabrielle Calvocoressi on Thursday\, March 19th at 6 PM at Scuppernong Books\, 304 S. Elm Street. The event is free and open to the public and will by a community potluck dinner. Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s new collection of poetry\, The New Economy\, was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award in Poetry. Other collections include The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart\, Apocalyptic Swing\, and Rocket Fantastic\, which is the winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. They serve on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets and live in Old East Durham\, NC\, where joy\, compassion\, and social justice are at the center of their personal and poetic practice. 
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/gabrielle-calvocoressi-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Writer Series,Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T190000
DTSTAMP:20251215T151044Z
CREATED:20251215T150922Z
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SUMMARY:Chad Knuth & Louise Scoville MFA Thesis Reading
DESCRIPTION:The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro will host a poetry and fiction reading by Chad Knuth and Louise Scoville on Friday\, February 20th at 6:00 PM at Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street. A part of the MFA Writing Program’s 2026 Thesis Reading Series\, the event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nCHAD KNUTH (he/him) is a poet and arts organizer. He currently serves as the VP of Programming for the North Carolina Poetry Society\, and as a Poets Council Member for the Town of Carrboro\, NC. His work has been anthologized in The Nature of Our Times (Paloma Press\, 2025) and Kakalak (Moonshine Review Press\, 2025)\, and is featured in Ponder Review\, The Crawfish\, and Digest Magazine\, amongst others. He is an MFA candidate at UNC-Greensboro\, and is the Managing Editor at The Greensboro Review. You can find him at chadknuth.com \n\n\n\nLOUISE SCOVILLE is from Ann Arbor\, Michigan. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Fiction at UNC Greensboro.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/chad-knuth-louise-scoville-mfa-thesis-reading/
LOCATION:Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiction and Poetry Reading,MFA Thesis Readings,Student Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T190000
DTSTAMP:20251215T150126Z
CREATED:20251209T200845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T150126Z
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SUMMARY:Catherine Sawyers & Sage Short MFA Thesis Reading
DESCRIPTION:The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro will host a fiction and poetry reading by Catherine Sawyers and Sage Short on Friday\, February 13th at 6:00 PM at Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street. A part of the MFA Writing Program’s 2026 Thesis Reading Series\, the event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nCATHERINE SAWYERS (she/her) is a MFA student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro\, concentrating in Fiction. She examines dysfunctional families\, small town sceneries\, and gossip within Southern\, Black communities in her writing and is currently exploring how these themes can present themselves in speculative settings. Catherine’s fiction has appeared in Carolina Muse. \n\n\n\nSAGE SHORT is a poet from South Carolina. She is currently an MFA Candidate at UNC Greensboro where she serves as a Poetry Editor for The Greensboro Review.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/catherine-sawyers-sage-short-mfa-thesis-reading/
LOCATION:Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiction and Poetry Reading,MFA Thesis Readings,Student Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T190000
DTSTAMP:20251215T150241Z
CREATED:20251209T201414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T150241Z
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SUMMARY:Hailie Cochran & Esther Hung MFA Thesis reading
DESCRIPTION:The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro will host a poetry & fiction reading by Hailie Cochran and Esther Hung on Friday\, February 6th at 6:00 PM at Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street. A part of the MFA Writing Program’s 2026 Thesis Reading Series\, the event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nHAILIE COCHRAN is an MFA candidate in poetry. They currently teach freshman composition in the Department of English at UNCG. \n\n\n\nESTHER HUNG is a second-year MFA candidate for Fiction at the University of North Carolina\, Greensboro. Her work has appeared in The Underground Journal and Blue Mountain Arts\, and she is the recipient of the 2024 James Hurst Prize for Fiction.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/hailie-cochran-esther-hung-mfa-thesis-reading/
LOCATION:Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiction and Poetry Reading,MFA Thesis Readings,Student Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T190000
DTSTAMP:20251215T150405Z
CREATED:20251211T162740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T150405Z
UID:10000043-1769796000-1769799600@english.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:Delaney Phelps & Shanley Poole MFA Thesis Reading
DESCRIPTION:The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro will host a fiction and poetry reading by Delaney Phelps and Shanley Poole on Friday\, January 30th at 6:00 PM at Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street. A part of the MFA Writing Program’s 2026 Thesis Reading Series\, the event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nDELANEY PHELPS is a writer and teacher from North Carolina. Her work has appeared in The Talon Review\, Main Squeeze Magazine\, After Happy Hour Review\, and elsewhere. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Fiction at UNC Greensboro. \n\n\n\nSHANLEY POOLE is an MFA candidate at UNC Greensboro. Their work is forthcoming or has been published in Analog\, F(r)iction\, The Common\, 14 Poems\, and Quarter(ly) Journal. She was a 2017 fellow at the Beargrass Writing Retreat\, a 2024 writer-in-residence at Azule Residency\, and former Storyteller at Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/delaney-phelps-shanley-poole-mfa-thesis-reading/
LOCATION:Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiction and Poetry Reading,MFA Thesis Readings,Student Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260123T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260123T190000
DTSTAMP:20251215T150557Z
CREATED:20251209T193019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T150557Z
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SUMMARY:Joshua Ambre & Veronica Schorr MFA Thesis Reading
DESCRIPTION:The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro will host a fiction and poetry reading by Joshua Ambre and Veronica Schorr on Friday\, January 23rd at 6:00 PM at Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street. A part of the MFA Writing Program’s 2026 Thesis Reading Series\, the event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nJOSHUA AMBRE (he/him) is a writer from Phoenix\, Arizona. His fiction has appeared in Hypertext Review\, The Brooklyn Review\, Cleaver Magazine\, Fiction International\, and elsewhere. Joshua was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the 2024 Sewanee Writers’ Conference and a finalist for the 2025 James Hurst Prize for Fiction. He is currently pursuing an MFA at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. You can read more of his work at www.joshuaambre.com. \n\n\n\nVERONICA SCHORR is the author of Conscious Blue (Finishing Line Press\, 2021). Her writing appears or is forthcoming in the North Carolina Literary Review\, Bellingham Review\, Honey Literary\, and elsewhere. She is Poetry Editor at EcoTheo Review and an MFA candidate in Poetry at UNC Greensboro\, where she serves as Poetry Editor of The Greensboro Review.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/slow-burn-a-reading-by-uncg-mfa-candidates-in-fiction-poetry/
LOCATION:Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiction and Poetry Reading,MFA Thesis Readings,Student Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T200000
DTSTAMP:20260326T132951Z
CREATED:20251007T172241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T132951Z
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SUMMARY:Arrivals: A Reading by the 1st-year students in the MFA Writing Program at UNCG
DESCRIPTION:The Creative Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host a fiction and poetry reading featuring the 1st-year students in the MFA Writing Program on Thursday\, December 4th at 7 PM at Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E. February One Place. The event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nFeatured readers will include Lis Alice\, Midhat Ansar\, Marc Chiurco\, Ryan Clancy\, Riley Gordon\, Kaitlin Harris\, Jasper Huegerich\, Sage Mohan\, Lauren Reitz\, and Alice Russell.  \n\n\n\nFor information about parking\, visit the Greensboro Project Space website.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/arrivals-a-reading-by-the-1st-year-students-in-the-mfa-writing-program-at-uncg/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E. February One Place\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27403
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Writer Series,Fiction and Poetry Reading,Student Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T190000
DTSTAMP:20260326T132951Z
CREATED:20250925T150544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T132951Z
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SUMMARY:Barbara Presnell Alumni Nonfiction Reading
DESCRIPTION:The Creative Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host an alumni nonfiction reading by Barbara Presnell on Thursday\, October 30th at 6 PM at Scuppernong Books\, 304 S. Elm Street. The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signing.  \n\n\n\nA lifelong Southerner\, Barbara Presnell is the author of two award-winning poetry books\, essays\, and theatrical performances. Presnell is a senior lecturer emeritus in writing at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s MFA in Creative Writing program\, she has received two NC Arts Council Fellowships and is a resident fellow at Willapa Bay AiR\, the Hambidge Center\, and the Wildacres Residency program. She lives in Lexington\, NC\, with her husband\, Bill Keesler\, and rescue pup\, Colby.
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/barbara-presnell-alumni-nonfiction-reading/
LOCATION:Scuppernong Books\, 304 South Elm Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Distinguished Writer Series,Fiction and Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T190000
DTSTAMP:20260326T132952Z
CREATED:20250911T142849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T132952Z
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SUMMARY:James Daniels & Matt Poindexter Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:The Greensboro Review\, Bull City Press\, and Unicorn Press will host a poetry reading by James Daniels and Matt Poindexter on Thursday\, October 23rd at 6PM in Room 1215 of the MHRA Building on the UNCG Campus. The reading is free and open to the public and will celebrate the release of new collections by each author. \n\n\n\nA graduate of UNCG’s MFA Program in Creative Writing\, JAMES DANIELS // james solomon is a Black Southern poet\, pianist\, peacebuilder\, educator\, hip-hop artist\, and community arts organizer. He has 10+ years of experience teaching writing and hip-hop education at universities\, schools\, and community organizations\, as well as several publications with The Greensboro Review\, SoftSavagePress\, Stonecoast Review\, Cherry Tree Literary\, EcoTheo Review\, and Windhover Magazine.MATT POINDEXTER’s poems have appeared in the Best New Poets series\, The Missouri Review\, Chicago Quarterly Review\, and elsewhere. A resident of Hillsborough\, North Carolina\, he can be found online at www.mattpoin.com. \n\n\n\nFor directions and information about parking\, visit: https://idcapps.uncg.edu/access/access.html?id=Moore%20Humanities%20(MHRA)
URL:https://english.uncg.edu/event/james-daniels-matt-poindexter-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:MHRA Building\, 1111 Spring Garden St\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Writer Series,Fiction and Poetry Reading
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