McHugh in Verse-Virtual

Alum Ashley McHugh (2011) has two poems featured on Verse-Virtual. Check out the May 2015 issue to read "The Old Evangelist's Prayer" and "The Truth of the Body."

Davis Nominated for Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Congratulations to assistant professor of poetry Geffrey Davis, who has been nominated for the prestigious Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in poetry! Geffrey joins a distinguished list of nominees, including 2014 National Book Award finalist Claudia Rankine and Pulitzer Prize-winner Gregory Pardlo. Read more about Geffrey and the nomination here. 

A Tribute to Miller Williams

Award-winning poet and alum Jo McDougall (1986) offers a moving tribute to mentor and friend Miller Williams on the occasion of his memorial, which took place yesterday, April 26, at the Fayetteville Public Library. Read Jo's remembrance here.

Morris Nominated for Midwest Book Award

Congratulations to alum Ian Morris (1991), whose novel When Bad Things Happen to Rich People has been nominated for a 2015 Midwest Book Award in the contemporary fiction category!

New Collection by Giles Available Now!

Treat yourself to a new collection by award-winning author (and professor emeritus) Molly Giles. All the Wrong Places won the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction and is filled with stories that shock, delight, and nip at the quick. Says Caitlin Horrocks: "Molly Giles can do in three pages what other writers do in 300. These are characters, and stories, with sharp edges, soft underbellies, and a glint in their eye."

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Yates on Ozarks at Large

Tune in to Ozarks at Large today, April 20, at noon or 7pm to hear alum Steve Yates (1994) speak about his new novel "The Teeth of the Souls." You can listen in at KUAF.com.

Steve recently gave a reading at the Eudora Welty House in Jackson, Mississippi, where he opened with a tribute to the University of Arkansas and to the incomparable Jim Whitehead, poet, novelist, and co-founder of our program.

Vandenberg in The Writer's Almanac

Check out the April 18th installment of The Writer's Almanac, where "Nineteen," a poem by alum Katrina Vandenberg (1997) can take you far away, and way back.

Heil Micro-Essays in Collagist

Head over to The Collagist, where fourth-year student Kathleen Heil has three micro-essays in the style of Umberto Saba's Shortcuts. Read "Three Cut Short" here.

Clark Wins Harvard Fellowship

Graduating translation student Clayton Clark has earned a prestigious fellowship from the Center for Arabic Study Abroad at Harvard University! The fellowship sends Clayton to Amman, Jordan, for a year of intensive Arabic language study, where he'll continue to work on his literary translation projects. Congratulations, Clayton! Read more about his fellowship here.

Tamigi in Hayden's Ferry Review

Hayden's Ferry Review features a commentary by third-year student Chris Tamigi on its website, about the resonances and removes that create tension in literary translation. Chris' translation of "Impure Acts" by author Mauro Covacich appeared in issue 55 of the journal.

Honum Honored by Texas Institute of Letters

Congratulations to alum Chloe Honum (2010), whose collection The Tulip-Flame was awarded Best First Book of Poetry by the Texas Institute of Letters!

"Every Father's Daughter" on Shelves Now

On shelves today: Every Father's Daughter, a collection of essays edited by alum Margaret McMullan (1989) explores the complexity of the father-daughter relationship. With contributions from such heavy hitters as Alice Munro, Jane Smiley, Bobbie Ann Mason, and fellow UA alums Nancy McCabe (1989) and Susan Perabo (1994), this book promises an illuminating look at one of our most fundamental bonds. Click here for a starred review from Publisher's Weekly.

Dearnley in Metonym

The latest issue of Metonym features new work by recent graduate Stu Dearnley (2014). Pick up your copy to read the short story "Out of Doors."

Wright Nominated for Best Translated Book

Congratulations to alum C.D. Wright (1976) who, along with A.S. Zelman-Doring and Forrest Gander, has been nominated for the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for their translation of Rain of the Future, by poet Valerie Mejer. You can see all of the nominated books here.

Giles Story in ZYZZYVA

New fiction by professor emeritus Molly Giles appears in the spring 2015 issue of ZYZZYVA. Pick up your copy of this special 30th anniversary issue today to read Molly's story "Child's Play"!

New Anthology of Stanford Poems

April is National Poetry Month! Treat yourself to What About This, a new anthology of unpublished, out of print, and otherwise hard to find works by legendary Arkansas poet Frank Stanford. Heralded by NPR as "the big event in poetry for 2015," the collection is available from Copper Canyon Press.