Essay by Giles in new Gulf Coast

Molly Giles's essay "Nobody's Friend" is in the current issue of Gulf Coast. Molly was also recently awarded an Arkansas Arts Award in Creative Nonfiction.

Notable Nonrequired Reading

Stefan R. De La Garza's story "How High Deer Jump Son" was named as Notable Nonrequired Reading in the Best
American Nonrequired Reading 2010, edited by David Sedaris. The story was originally published in Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art. Stefan is a first-year student in the program.

Two new poems from Jabaily

Jen Jabaily-Blackburn, a fourth-year student in the program, has two new poems in the current issue of Front Porch: "Museum Dream: An Experiment on a Bird
in the Air Pump" and "Approve Our Eyes and Speak."

Williamson forthcoming in Fugue

Corrie Williamson, a third-year student in the program, has a poem forthcoming in Fugue after being named first runner-up in the magazine's 9th annual contest.

Donovan wins poetry prize

Aran Donovan, a second-year student in the program, has won the Greg Grummer Poetry Award from Phoebe. Five other poems by Donovan will appear on Burning Word on Jan. 1.

New book forthcoming from Heffernan

Michael Heffernan has a new book of poems forthcoming in January. At the Bureau of Divine Music will be published by Wayne State University Press as part of the Made in Michigan Writers Series. (The Huffington Post recently listed the press among "the seventeen most innovative university presses.")

Meunier chairs panel, presents paper

Thomas Meunier, a translation student in the program, chaired a panel called "Outside the Lines: Translating Creative Non-Fiction" at the 2010 ALTA (American Literary Translators Association) Conference in Philadelphia last month. He also gave a presentation titled "An Example of Fictionalized Non-Fiction in Nazi Youth Literature: Hunting Soviet Tanks with the Waffen-SS."