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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · 1d

For a closer look, here is each panel of the 37th Annual Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium with 12 Southern writers and 5 Ephemera Prize Winners. Each session is free to attend and will be live-streamed on our WeltySymposium Youtube channel. #readings #writerscommunity #mississippi #southernwriters

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · 1d

Two weeks from today, we begin the 37th annual Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium at Mississippi University for Women. Here's our complete schedule! #writers #southernauthors #readings #bookfestival #TheW

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Ponder Review @ponderreview.bsky.social · Sep 10

Y'all, Monday, 9/15, is our deadline for the next issue of Ponder Review. If you haven't sent us your best writing since before June 15, then send us something soon and don't miss out! #submissioncall ponderreview.submittable.com

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Aug 24

So true, and true for our low-res MFA in Creative Writing. We're used to finding work-arounds

Ponder Review @ponderreview.bsky.social · Aug 24

We may be in #Mississippi but our students (and editors) are all over the country, so that fact that @bsky.app has #blocked MS IP addresses won't stop us. (Plus there are ways around it, #Mississippians.) bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Our Response to Mississippi’s Age Assurance Law - Bluesky

A new Mississippi law requires us to block full access to Bluesky unless all users complete age checks. We have concerns about this law’s implementation.

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Aug 24

Besides Kendall Dunkelberg, you can also see Lauren Rhoades, C. T. Salazar, Beth Kander, and Ellen Anne Fentress. So many folks from The W on the schedule this year!

The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Aug 14

Welcome to our new MFA students (Summer and Fall 2025): Betsy Arnett, Asjiah Benoit, Devon Boan, Alexis Ellis, Meriwether Nichols, and Laura Flint. You are now on our map!
Besides adding new students, I've moved our recent graduates to the alumni list.
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The W's MFA in CW - Google My Maps

Mississippi University for Women's Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing Students, Alumni, and Faculty live in these places.

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Aug 14

Great to see alumna Julie Whitehead with an article on @janefriedman.com Way to go Julie! #writingadvice janefriedman.com/how-being-a-...

How Being a Good Literary Citizen Leads to Stronger Book Launches | Jane Friedman

In terms of reaching new readers, literary citizenship might prove to be a better investment than any money paid to an online marketing guru.

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Kendall Dunkelberg @kdunkelberg.bsky.social · Aug 6

I had a great conversation with Lauren Rhoades on the Mississippi Arts Hour yesterday. Our interview will air this Sunday on MPB Think Radio. Listen live on mpbonline.org or later on the Mississippi Arts Hour podcast.
arts.ms.gov/events/missi...

Mississippi Arts Hour – Kendall Dunkelberg - Mississippi Arts Commission

This week on the Mississippi Arts Hour, Lauren Rhoades talks with poet Kendall Dunkelberg, whose newly released collection of poetry is titled TREE FALL WITH BIRDSONG. The episode airs on MPB Radio th...

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Marnie B @marnieb.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hi everyone, just a reminder that on Friday, July 18 at 7 p.m. at the D & H Canal House Museum in High Falls, New York, there will be a gathering to launch my new poetry collection "Still Life." Some nosh, some drink and some poetry

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Jul 28

Congratulations!

Blake Bell @blakebell.art · Jul 19

The lovely people over at RUNNR from Pocket MFA featured one of my many sister stories this week ❤️

open.substack.com/pub/runnrmag...

FLASH IN FOCUS

"Hunting Eddies" by Blake Bell

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Jul 28

Congratulations to L. Lamar Wilson who is featured at Poem-a-Day today for his poem "Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway."
poets.org/poem/lauren-...

Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway

Searching for metaphor, you named yourself Papa

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Kendall Dunkelberg @kdunkelberg.bsky.social · Jul 23

I'm finally back in Mississippi and will be heading to Jackson tomorrow for my reading at Lemuria Bookstore! Looking forward to seeing everyone! I'm bringing extra copies in case the store runs out, so there's sure to be plenty for everyone... It will be a great time! #JacksonMs #poetryreading

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Kendall Dunkelberg @kdunkelberg.bsky.social · Jul 15

It's a big week for Tree Fall with Birdsong with an insightful review by Celeste Maria Schueler in the Clarion Ledger and the Mississippi Books Page. #poetrybook #review

www.clarionledger.com/story/entert...

The natural world is the star of new poetry collection by MUW professor

Kendall Dunkelberg’s fourth poetry collection focuses on the natural world but also touches on grief, loss.

www.clarionledger.com

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Southern Review of Books @southrevbooks.bsky.social · Jul 14

"If 'Tree Fall' is loss — that things change, life ends, meaning is lost — what could represent the opposite qualities of birth, of creation, of fullness. An early poem gave me my answer with 'Birdsong.'"

Read more from @ctsalazar.bsky.social's interview with @kdunkelberg.bsky.social!

The Way Sound and Meaning Interact: A Conversation with Kendall Dunkelberg

“I knew that mortality was goig to be a big part of the collection.” An interview with Kendall Dunkelberg about Tree Fall with Birdsong, his fourth poetry collection.

southernreviewofbooks.com

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Jun 20

Congratulations to Christian J. Collier, newly minted MFA (thesis defended, only waiting on graduation) for winning the Summer 2025 Shō Poetry Prize for his poem "Nocturne."
#poetryprize @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
shopoetryjournal.com/prize-winners/

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Kendall Dunkelberg @kdunkelberg.bsky.social · May 22

Now you can order a signed copy of Tree Fall with Birdsong from my local bookstore, Friendly City Books, and I will come in and sign it for you.
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SIGNED: Kendall Dunkelberg — Friendly City Books

Order with Friendly City Books for a signed copy — personalization available! Treefall with Bird Song explores the natural world around the poet's home in Mississippi and delves into memories o...

www.friendlycitybooks.com

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · May 9

Check out Dominique Lewis's feature article in Mississippi Folklife on HBCU marching bands! Congratulations, Dominique!
mississippifolklife.org/articles/mis...

Mississippi HBCU Bands: Preserving Black Southern Cultural Traditions Through Unmatched Music, Drills, Dance, and Soul

Your default description here

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Kendall Dunkelberg @kdunkelberg.bsky.social · May 8

Last night UPS delivered my copies of Tree Fall with Birdsong, but I waited until today for the #unboxing. #bookreveal #poetrybooks

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Apr 30

Congratulations to Alexis Jemal, AWP Intro Journals Prize Honorable Mention in Prose for “Lost Identity or Evolution?,”
Creative Nonfiction @awpwriter.bsky.social #IntroJournalsProject

www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests...

2025 Winners

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Apr 29

Look who was just featured at the Poetry Society of Tennessee's 68th annual Poetry Festival. Congratulations, Christian! #poetry
poetrytennessee.com/2025/03/07/6...

68th Annual Poetry Festival

PST’s 68th Annual Poetry Festival is on tap April 26 with in-person and virtual program tracks. Start early at an April 25 event. Registration open through April 18, 2025.

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Exodus Oktavia Brownlow @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social · Apr 12

The Twentieth Issue of Booth is a bonafide beaut! 😍Such a dazzling delight to have my “Thriller” story and I, as part of this stellar issue. Thank you so much! The artwork? 🤌🏽 Swoon!

Twenty Issues! 🥳 Congratulations, Booth Fam!

💜💚🧡

#Writer #Thriller #SouthernFiction #MichaelJackson

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Apr 15

Congratulations to Katrina Byrd, whose essay, "The Language of Forgiveness" appears in Speaking ALS: An Anthology. Her work with ALS advocacy is an inspiration.
ourfamilylines.ca/speakingals/

The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Apr 12

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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · Apr 12

Congratulations (again) to Karol Lagodzki, who is now one of five finalists for the PEN/Hemmingway Award for Debut Novel! Way to go, Karol and Controlled Conversations!

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Kendall Dunkelberg @kdunkelberg.bsky.social · Apr 5

See you in Jackson, Tennessee, on April 15 for a poetry reading at Jackson State Community College, 2pm in the Science Auditorium. I'll be reading from my books, past and future for Arts Week. #poetry #reading #TN

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