Gilchrist included in One Hundred Great Essays

Ellen Gilchrist has an essay in the third edition of One Hundred Great Essays, edited by Robert Diyanni.

Brock in Best American Poetry 2007

Geoff Brock's poem "Flesh of John Brown's Flesh" appears in Best American Poetry 2007, edited by Heather McHugh, which will be out in a week or so. His sonnet "And Day Brought Back My Night" was included in Poetry Daily Essentials 2007, edited by Diane Boller and Don Selby, which came out a few months ago.

Heffernan in The Southern Review

Michael Heffernan's poem "A Face at the Pane" will appear in the Fall 2007 issue of The Southern Review (LSU). Earlier in the year, the University of Notre Dame Press reprinted six of his poems in The Book of Irish American Poetry from the Eighteenth Century to the Present, edited by Daniel Tobin of Emerson College.

Update: Three receive fellowships from Arkansas Arts Council

An update to our previous post about the fellowships from the Arkansas Arts Council : Individual Artist Fellowships in poetry were given to two Arkansas alumns, not just one. Both Sandy Longhorn and Angie Macri received the awards, in addition to MFA director Davis McCombs. Congratulations to all.

McCombs and Longhorn receive fellowships from Arkansas Arts Council

Davis McCombs and MFA alumni Sandy Longhorn have been awarded Individual Artist Fellowships in poetry from the Arkansas Arts Council.

McCombs in latest issue of Poetry

Davis McCombs appears in the latest issue of Poetry with a poem titled "The Last Wolf in Edmonson County."

Hodge accepted by Southern Indiana Review

Sara Hodge's poem "Son of Brothel" has been accepted by Southern Indiana Review. The poem will appear in the spring or fall of 2008.