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."

Contact losthorsepress@mindspring.com to order now.

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.