Jennine Capó Crucet is a novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. She’s the author of three books, including the novel Make Your Home Among Strangers, which won the International Latino Book Award, was named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice book, and was cited as a best book of the year by NBC Latino, the Guardian, the Miami Herald, and other venues
Only four stories were published in her lifetime. She died nearly six decades ago, two years after graduation from UNC Greensboro. But alumna Diane Oliver ’64 is now getting the acclaim few writers achieve.
The first collection of her short stories, “Neighbors and Other Stories,” has been published this month by the literary press Grove Atlantic.
Our creative writing community is excited to host a special poetry reading by Emilia Phillips, poet, nonfiction writer, book reviewer, and faculty member at UNCG. The reading will celebrate the release of Phillips’s latest collection of poems, Nonbinary Bird of Paradise. It is open to the public and will be … Continued
The final evening of our MFA Writing Program’s 2024 Thesis Reading Series has arrived! Come enjoy a night of literary celebration, marking the creative accomplishments of our graduate student writers. Calista Malone and Katie Worden will give a reading, sharing their original works of poetry and fiction. This event is … Continued
Join the UNCG literary community to celebrate the creative accomplishments of our graduate students in the MFA Writing Program! James Daniels and Nicholas León will give a reading, titled “How to Fry a Dream,” featuring their original works of poetry and fiction. Free and open to the public.
Join us for a third evening celebrating the creative accomplishments of our graduate students in the MFA Writing Program! A part of the 2024 Thesis Reading Series, Gabrielle Girard and Caroline White will give a reading of their original fiction and poetry. The event is free and open to the … Continued
Scott Gould will join Nellie Hildebrandt (MFA ’24) and Terry L. Kennedy (Director, MFA Writing Program) in a conversation celebrating the release of Gould’s latest short story collection, Idiot Men. This special Saturday evening event marks the 2024 kickoff for our Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, and will be followed by … Continued
Join us for a second evening celebrating the creative accomplishments of our graduate students in the MFA Writing Program! Sierra Stonebraker and Kay Zeiss will give a reading of original fiction and poetry. A part of the MFA Writing Program’s 2024 Thesis Reading Series, the event is free and open … Continued
Growing up in the small town of Clayton, North Carolina, Dana Broadus was already dreaming of exploring faraway places and writing the stories of the characters she met there. But she had no idea how her world would expand once she became a Spartan.
By the time Broadus was considering college, she had already published a book.
Join the Greensboro literary community for an evening of debut fiction and poetry! Alum Matthew Fiander (MFA ’07) will read from his first novel, Ringing In Your Ears (Mint Hill Books). Ross White, director of Bull City Press, will read from his new poetry collection, Charm Offensive (Sexton Poetry Prize … Continued