Takacs in Salt Hill

Third-year student Eszter Takacs is featured in issue 33 of Salt Hill, with an excerpt from her long poem "In Share of Light." Copies of the journal are on bookshelves now, and a preview of the issue will be online soon.

Yarbrough Wins Robert Penn Warren Award

The Fellowship of Southern Writers has awarded its prestigious Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction to alum Steve Yarbrough! Steve's latest novel, The Realm of Last Chances, has been garnering critical acclaim since its release in 2013. He joins an esteemed list of winners, including Cormac McCarthy, Madison Smartt Bell, Lee Smith, Allen Wier, Dorothy Allison, and fellow distinguished alum, Barry Hannah. Congratulations, Steve!

"The Red Hourglass" Now an Audio Book

Alum Gordon Grice's book The Red Hourglass, a collection of essays on some of nature's finest killers, is now available on audio. Lyrical as a poem, chilling as a horror story, this collection only grows more powerful when heard aloud. 

Corbett in The Raintown Review

The spring 2014 issue of The Raintown Review features a sonnet, "What If," by third-year student Kevin Corbett. Congrats, Kevin!

Fares' Translation in World Lit Today

World Literature Today features a new translation by recent graduate Nicole Fares. You can read "Hayat," an excerpt from the novel 32 by Lebanese-Egyptian author Sahar Mandour, here.

Brock Anthologized in Poems of the American South

"Trip Hop," by professor Geoff Brock, appears in the anthology Poems of the American South alongside work by Langston Hughes, Robert Penn Warren, Natasha Trethewey, and Arkansas alum C.D. Wright. Pick up your copy today!

Tanaka in Bull: Men's Fiction

A story about teaching under rough conditions, "Respect," by recent graduate Kaj Tanaka (2013), appears now in Bull: Men's Fiction. Read the full story here.

Heil in World Literature Today

Fourth-year student Kathleen Heil published two new pieces in World Literature Today over the summer. Read her essay on literary translation, "The Great Pongoni." Then enjoy her translation of "Visiting the Master," a short story by Argentinian author Patricio Pron. Great work, Kathleen!

Stewart's Poetry in The Common

In certain areas of Fayetteville, you can still catch the buzzing of cicadas in the trees. It's the perfect time to read "Magicicada, Spring 2012" by alum Kevin C. Stewart on The Common's website. More of Kevin's poems will appear in an upcoming print edition of the journal.

Brock Featured by The Poetry Foundation

The Poetry Foundation features "Homeland Security," by professor of poetry and translation Geoff Brock, as its Poem of the Day. Listen to Geoff read the poem here.

Takacs in Coconut Magazine

The latest issue of Coconut Magazine features two poems by third-year poet Eszter Takacs. You can read them here:

http://www.coconutpoetry.org/takacs19