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"When you’re from Mississippi, you are Mississippi. Which means, I find Mississippi to be an intricate and complicated topic to talk about because I find it hard to separate myself from it."

FY2027 Grant Recipients The Mississippi Arts Commission has awarded more than $1.7 million in funding to artists and arts programs across the state for Fiscal Year 2027. Recipients will benefit […]

When the South says revival / Does it mean black homecomings

In her lovely lyric essay "Tendrils," Nancy Bell weaves science and memory, wonder and strangeness, dreams and possibilities.

Poetry, chapbook, 32 pages, from Bottlecap Features. I’m Not Hungry is a raw, emotional, and blunt reflection on life. Thiebaud writes unapologetically about human struggles, and does not shy away fro...

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

Poetry South is an international journal that considers all kinds of poetry. Though we pay particular attention to writers from the South — born, raised, or living here — all poetry within our covers ...

YouTube video by Welty Symposium

featuring Ashley M. Jones, Lullaby for the Grieving in Poindexter Hall, Connie Sills Kossen Auditorium, Mississippi University for Women

Alabama's poet laureate, Ashley M. Jones, will be the keynote speaker this week at the Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium in Columbus – a gathering that highlights authors and poets from across the South...

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

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

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...

Searching for metaphor, you named yourself Papa

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

“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.

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...

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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.