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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Patrick Phillips calls Another Man “a beautiful, deeply moving debut.” Jim Whiteside’s Felix Pollak Prize-winning poetry collection is available now for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Pre-order: buff.ly/6jHiyPB #AnotherMan #JimWhiteside #PatrickPhillips #Poetry

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UNCG Creative Writing alum Travis Mulhauser returns to campus for an Alumni Homecoming Fiction Reading on Thursday, October 1 at 6 PM in the UNCG Alumni House. The event is free and open to the public, with a reception beforehand. Details: buff.ly/fTnEqXr #TravisMulhauser #UNCG

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Join us TONIGHT, Thursday, September 17th at 6PM at the Weatherspoon Art Museum for "Poetry in the Gallery". Students from UNCG's MFA in Creative Program will read work inspired by the exhibition Body and Soul, Humanist Visual Languages. The event is free and open to the public.

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Airea D. Matthews calls Another Man “a piercing and formally intelligent collection.” Winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, Jim Whiteside’s debut collection is available for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Pre-order: buff.ly/6jHiyPB #AnotherMan

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Join us for WEDNESDAY WORDS: SPECIAL EDITION, a rapid-fire fiction and poetry reading featuring six creative writing lecturers from UNCG’s Department of English. Next Wednesday, September 16 at 6 PM Organ Recital Hall, UNCG School of Music Details: buff.ly/j6eCO3N

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Reminder: novelist Kayla Rae Whitaker reads TONIGHT, Thursday, September 10 at 6 PM in the Elliott University Center Auditorium on UNCG’s campus. The reading is free and open to the public, and a book signing will follow. Event details: buff.ly/xwLW714 #KaylaRaeWhitaker #UNCGCreativeWriting

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Kayla Rae Whitaker’s Returns and Exchanges has already earned starred attention from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. Come hear Whitaker read this Thursday, September 10 at 6 PM in the Elliott University Center Auditorium at UNCG. Event info: buff.ly/xwLW714

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Join us for a fiction reading by novelist Kayla Rae Whitaker next Thursday, September 10 at 6 PM in the Elliott University Center Auditorium on UNCG’s campus. The event is free and open to the public, with a book signing to follow. Details: buff.ly/xwLW714 #KaylaRaeWhitaker #UNCG

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Reminder: Radu Vancu reads at Scuppernong Books TONIGHT, Thursday, September 3, at 6 PM. Come hear work from a Romanian poet, translator, editor, and scholar whose poetry is arriving now for more English-language readers through The Rope in Bloom. Details: buff.ly/JNWMfcX

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Tomorrow night is a good night for poetry in downtown Greensboro: Radu Vancu reads at 6 PM at Scuppernong Books. Vancu is a poet, scholar, translator, and editor from Sibiu, Romania. Free and open to the public, with a signing after the reading. Event listing: buff.ly/JNWMfcX

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Poetry in translation opens a room between languages, and Radu Vancu’s work has moved through many of them. Join us for Vancu’s reading this Thursday, September 3 at 6 PM at Scuppernong Books. The event is free and open to the public. More info: buff.ly/JNWMfcX #RaduVancu

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Radu Vancu’s The Rope in Bloom: A Bilingual Edition brings his celebrated Romanian collection into English translation. Hear Vancu read this Thursday, September 3, at 6 PM at Scuppernong Books. Free and open to the public, with a book signing afterward. Details: buff.ly/JNWMfcX #RaduVancu

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In Another Man, Jim Whiteside considers queer life beyond conventional narratives, writing toward longing, freedom, and the complicated work of becoming oneself. The Felix Pollak Prize-winning collection is available for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Pre-order: buff.ly/6jHiyPB

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Join us for a poetry reading by Romanian poet, scholar, and translator Radu Vancu next Thursday, September 3 at 6 PM at Scuppernong Books. Hosted by the Class of 1949 and Creative Writing at UNC Greensboro, the event is free and open to the public. Details: buff.ly/s891RvP

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This fall, Romanian poet Radu Vancu is part of the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program. Before that, he’ll be here in Greensboro for a reading at Scuppernong Books. Thursday, September 3 at 6 PM. Free and open to the public. Details: buff.ly/s891RvP #RaduVancu

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Family. Care. Inheritance. The slow, painful accumulation of adulthood. Another Man, the debut poetry collection by Jim Whiteside and winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, is available for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Pre-order: buff.ly/6jHiyPB

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Mark your calendar: Radu Vancu will read at Scuppernong Books on Thursday, September 3 at 6 PM. Vancu is a Romanian poet, translator, editor, and professor whose work has traveled widely across languages. The reading is free and open to the public. Event info: buff.ly/s891RvP

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Happy Publication Day to UNCG Creative Writing alum George Singleton! George’s new story collection, Wounded Boarders, is out now from Dzanc Books. Kirkus Reviews calls George “a Southern comic master in top form.” Read more / order here: buff.ly/51H3GnA #WoundedBoarders #GeorgeSingleton #UNCG

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Coming of age in the Upper South, reckoning with family and adulthood: Another Man, Jim Whiteside’s debut poetry collection, is available now for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Pre-order: buff.ly/6jHiyPB #AnotherMan #JimWhiteside #Poetry #SouthernWriting

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For our writing community: UNCG Creative Writing alum Matt Fiander’s new short story collection, Gizzards & Hearts, is available for pre-order from ELJ Editions. It’s a vivid, unsettling, deeply human collection about people facing fracture—and searching for something like grace. buff.ly/ai10FJr

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I just spent some time with the latest print work from Puerto del Sol, and Tara Bray’s “Birds: A Catalog” is still hovering around in my head. The best literary journals make room for that kind of afterimage. Read the latest issue: buff.ly/3CBoddt

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Mark your reading list: Wounded Boarders by UNCG Creative Writing alum George Singleton is forthcoming from Dzanc Books and available now for pre-order. Kirkus praises Singleton as “a Southern comic master in top form.” Pre-order: buff.ly/4tEJTwC #UNCGCreativeWriting #UNCGAlumni

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

For readers of Southern fiction: Wounded Boarders, the new short story collection by UNCG Creative Writing alum George Singleton, is available for pre-order from Dzanc Books. Kirkus calls Singleton “a Southern comic master in top form.” Pre-order: buff.ly/4tEJTwC

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Part reckoning with a father’s chronic illness, part meditation on family, care, and inheritance, Jim Whiteside’s Another Man is available for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Pre-order: buff.ly/6jHiyPB #AnotherMan #JimWhiteside #Poetry #UWPress

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Happy Publication Day to UNCG Creative Writing alum Jen Julian! Jen’s novel The Winter Folk is out now from Hachette Book Group. Read more / order here: buff.ly/DKym75e #TheWinterFolk #JenJulien #PublicationDay #BookLaunch

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

An isolated mother. Boys building a time machine from a shopping cart. Lives pushed to the brink. Gizzards & Hearts, the new short story collection by UNCG Creative Writing alum Matt Fiander, is available for pre-order now from ELJ Editions. Reserve your copy: buff.ly/ai10FJr

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Alumni spotlight: UNCG Creative Writing alum Matt Fiander has a new short story collection on the way. Gizzards & Hearts is available now for pre-order from ELJ Editions—a collection of stories about desperation, hope, collapse, and the stubborn possibility of grace. buff.ly/ai10FJr

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Jen Julian’s The Winter Folk is still available for pre-order from Hachette Book Group. Booklist gave the novel a starred review, calling it an “immersive blend of Appalachian gothic, portal fantasy, and dark fairy tale.” Pre-order: buff.ly/DKym75e #TheWinterFolk #JenJulian

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, selected by Airea D. Matthews: Another Man, the debut collection by Jim Whiteside, is available now for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Pre-order: buff.ly/6jHiyPB #AnotherMan #JimWhiteside #FelixPollakPrize #Poetry

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

George Singleton’s Wounded Boarders is available now for pre-order from Dzanc Books. Kirkus describes Singleton as “a Southern comic master in top form.” Pre-order: buff.ly/4tEJTwC #GeorgeSingleton #WoundedBoarders #ShortStories #DzancBooks

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

UNCG Creative Writing alum Jen Julian’s novel The Winter Folk is still available for pre-order from Hachette Book Group. Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review, praising its emotionally rich blend of myth, family, and Appalachian storytelling. Pre-order: buff.ly/DKym75e

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Looking for your next short story collection? Gizzards & Hearts by UNCG Creative Writing alum Matt Fiander is now available for pre-order from ELJ Editions. These stories move through the strange, tender, and precarious spaces where people try to survive what life throws at them. buff.ly/ai10FJr

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Big news from a UNCG Creative Writing alum: George Singleton’s new short story collection, Wounded Boarders, is available for pre-order from Dzanc Books. Pre-order: buff.ly/4tEJTwC #UNCGCreativeWriting #UNCGAlumni #GeorgeSingleton #WoundedBoarders

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

For your poetry shelf: Another Man by Jim Whiteside is available for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Pre-order the collection here: buff.ly/6jHiyPB #AnotherMan #JimWhiteside #Poetry #NewPoetry

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

New poetry alert: Another Man by Jim Whiteside is available now for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Add this forthcoming collection to your poetry list and pre-order here: buff.ly/6jHiyPB #AnotherMan #JimWhiteside #Poetry #PoetryCollection

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Big news from a UNCG Creative Writing alum: Matt Fiander’s short story collection, Gizzards & Hearts, is now available for pre-order from ELJ Editions. These stories follow people at the edge of collapse—strange, tender, desperate, and searching for grace. buff.ly/ai10FJr

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

In case you missed it: "Another Man," the award-winning collection by UNCG Creative Writing alum Jim Whiteside, is now available for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press buff.ly/6GFGcPP

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"Another Man," the award-winning collection by UNCG Creative Writing alum Jim Whiteside, is now available for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press buff.ly/6GFGcPP

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Happy Pub Day to UNCG Creative Writing alum Mark Caskie! Field Notes for Extinction launches today from Grayson Books. buff.ly/s9NeZi5

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Introducing our Keynote Speaker for the 2026 Spring Conference: Crystal Simone Smith! Crystal Simone Smith is an award-winning poet and brilliant writer—we are so excited to welcome her to our Spring Conference faculty! buff.ly/K5cokOb

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Join us TONIGHT, Thursday, April 2nd, at 6PM in the UNCG Alumni House for a poetry and fiction reading by Diamond Forde and Stephanie Powell Watts. The reading is free and open to the public and will be preceded by a reception and book signing. buff.ly/ZsQBbir

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Join us in welcoming Travis Mulhauser to our Spring Conference 2026 faculty! An award winning author who received his MFA in Fiction from UNC-Greensboro, Travis Mulhauser has written multiple novels, his most notable being THE TROUBLE UP NORTH and SWEETGIRL. buff.ly/K5cokOb

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Join us tomorrow night, Thursday, April 2nd, at 6PM in the UNCG Alumni House for a poetry and fiction reading by Diamond Forde and Stephanie Powell Watts. The reading is free and open to the public and will be preceded by a reception and book signing. buff.ly/ZsQBbir

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Join us in welcoming Sarah Rose Nordgren to our Spring Conference 2026 faculty! An award winning poet that has collections of her own (FEATHERS and DARWIN'S MOTHER) and has published poems and essays in the American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, and more. buff.ly/K5cokOb

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Need some help getting to our Spring Conference? Consider applying for a scholarship! A limited amount of aid is available to deserving writers who would not be able to attend our Spring Conference otherwise. The deadline for application is Friday, March 27th. buff.ly/K5cokOb

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Join us this Thursday, April 2nd, at 6PM in the UNCG Alumni House for a poetry and fiction reading by Diamond Forde and Stephanie Powell Watts. The reading is free and open to the public and will be preceded by a reception and book signing. buff.ly/ZsQBbir

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Join us in welcoming Drew Perry to our Spring Conference 2026 faculty! Author of the novels THIS IS JUST EXACTLY LIKE US and KIDS THESE DAYS, and a professor at Elon University, Drew Perry will be teaching our fiction class "The Shape of Story." buff.ly/K5cokOb

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Join us in welcoming Ashley Lumpkin to our Spring 2026 faculty! A Georgia-raised, Carolina-based writer, editor, performance artist, and educator, Ashley Lumpkin is the author of five poetry collections including AT FIRST SIGHT. buff.ly/K5cokOb

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Join us in welcoming Jamie Chambliss to our Spring Conference faculty! An agent with Folio Literary Magazine, Jamie Chambliss represents literary and upmarket fiction as well as narrative nonfiction. Register for this class and the rest of our Spring Conference.

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Spring Conference 2026 | North Carolina Writers' Network

The North Carolina Writers’ Network and the MFA in Creative Writing Program at UNC Greensboro bring you a full day of classes, workshops, conversations, Lunch with an Author, Slush Pile […]

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