Poetry
Summer Reading: Books by UNCG Faculty and Alumni
June 21, 2019
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/
Learn MoreCamille Dungy wins Guggenheim Fellowship
April 12, 2019
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/
Learn MoreStuart Dischell on the “Greatness of Thomas Lux”
August 28, 2018
Stuart Dischell, poetry faculty at UNC Greensboro, has a new Look2 Essay in the summer issue of Ploughshares. Read his tribute to friend and poet Thomas Lux: https://www.pshares.org/issues/summer-2018/greatness-thomas-lux-look2-essay
Learn MorePoem by Emilia Phillips selected for a Pushcart Prize
June 22, 2018
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
Learn MoreStuart Dischell receives Senior Research Excellence Award
March 17, 2018
The Greensboro MFA Program’s own Stuart Dischell won the 2017-2018 Senior Research Excellence Award at UNCG. Congratulations to Stuart! https://aas.uncg.edu/research/2018/03/16/2017-18-research-excellence-awards/
Learn MoreEmpty Clip: Poetry Collection by Emilia Phillips Available for Pre-Order
February 15, 2018
The third poetry collection by Emilia Phillips, faculty member at the MFA Writing Program at Greensboro, is now available for pre-order from University of Akron Press: http://www.uakron.edu/uapress/browse-books/book-details/index.dot?id=71fe05ca-8642-4380-bcfa-cf5cad806213
Learn MorePoet Emilia Phillips on ‘The Poetics of Bewilderment’
December 19, 2017
Emilia Phillips, assistant professor in the UNCG MFA Writing Program, writes about bewilderment in relationship to poetry over at Ploughshares: http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/the-poetics-of-bewilderment/
Learn MoreStuart Dischell Releases New Collection of Poetry
September 18, 2017
Children with Enemies, the fifth full-length poetry collection from MFA Writing Program at Greensboro poet Stuart Dischell, is now available from the University of Chicago Press: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo27035261.html
Learn More“The Americans”: Poetry Collection by David Roderick Available for Pre-Order
May 17, 2014
“The Americans,” the latest collection from MFA Writing Program at Greensboro poet David Roderick is now available for pre-order from the Pitt Poetry Series: http://www.upress.pitt.edu/BookDetails.aspx?bookId=36550
Learn More“Thoughts Fold Into Birds”: New Poetry Collection by Julie Funderburk
May 15, 2014
Happy Pub to MFA Writing Program at Greensboro alum Julie Funderburk! Her poetry collection “Thoughts Fold Into Birds” is now available from Unicorn Press: http://www.unicorn-press.org/books/Funderburk-Thoughts-to-Fold-into-Birds.html
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