MFA News & Events
Caroline Williams will read and sign her cookbook *Soul Food Love* on February 24th at 5p.m. Off Square Books
Soul Food Love Reading, Signing, and Tasting February 24, 2015 5:00 pm Off Square Books The Southern Foodways Alliance and the University of Mississippi Department of English, in partnership with Square Books, invite members of the LOU community to a reading, signing, and tasting ofSoul Food Love on February 24, 2015 at 5:00 pm at […]
Amy Sara Carroll Selected as 2015 Summer Poet in Residence
Amy Sara Carroll is an assistant professor of American Culture, Latina/o Studies, and English at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her first collection of poetry SECESSION was released by Hyperbole Books, an imprint of San Diego State University Press, in 2012. Her second collection FANNIE + FREDDIE/The Sentimentality of Post-9/11 Pornography was selected by Claudia Rankine for the 2012 Poets […]
Applicants: As soon as we contact all of our Phase II applicants, we will make an announcement on this webpage. We’re still reading writing samples!
Applicants: As soon as we contact all of our Phase II applicants, we will make an announcement on this webpage. We’re still reading writing samples!
Current MFAs: Check out this 2-Day Seminar with Award-Winning Author and Publisher Neil White
This seminar is free to MFAs. Just call the office to register: The Nautilus Publishing Company Tel: 662-513-0159
Current and former Univ. of MS MFA students/faculty/Grisham writers: come party with OLE MISS at AWP!
Last year’s AWP reading/reception at the Academy Creative in Seattle raised the bar. So as not to be outdone, we’re hosting this year’s shindig (an afternoon reading and reception) at a jazz club in downtown Minneapolis called the Dakota: Friday, April 10, 2015 3:00-5:00 p.m. 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis http://www.dakotacooks.com/ Doors open at 3:00; […]
Jack Pendarvis will discuss writing for the Cartoon Network show “Adventures with Adventure Time.” Nov. 11th, at 7p.m. Overby Auditorium.
Jack Pendarvis: Adventures with Adventure Time. Tues. Nov. 11, 7pm, Overby Auditorium. Pendarvis, a writer for the Cartoon Network animated show Adventure Time, will show clips of episodes and discuss writing for the show. The evening will be moderated by Bill Griffith, and is co-sponsored by Cinema and The Southern Documentary Project.
T Cooper, Friday Oct. 10, noon, Overby Auditorium
Cooper is the author of four novels, including the bestselling “Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes” and “The Beaufort Diaries” (a graphic novel). His most recent book is the nonfiction “Real Man Adventures” (McSweeney’s), which Vanity Fair has called “brave and hilarious.” Cooper is also co-author of a new four-part Young Adult novel series called […]
Greg Sherl, Monday Sept. 8, 5 pm, Off Square Books
Greg, a current UM MFA student, author of three books of poetry, signs The Future for Curious People, a novel co-written with Juliana Baggott, published by Algonquin. http://www.sobelweber.com/featured-title/future-curious-people