R113. The New South: A Reading in Three Genres
Thursday, March 31, 2016
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Participants
Devin Latham earned her MFA from the University of Central Florida where she was an MFA Provost Fellow. Her essays have appeared in the Iowa Review, the Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. She teaches at Georgia College & State University.
David James Poissant is the author of The Heaven of Animals, winner of the GLCA New Writers Award, and a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize and the PEN/Bingham Prize. He teaches in the MFA program at the University of Central Florida.
Adam Vines is an assistant professor of English at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he is editor of Birmingham Poetry Review, director of the English Honors Program, and faculty advisor for the UAB Fishing Team. He is author of The Coal Life and coauthor of According to Discretion.
Carrie Jerrell is the author of the poetry collection After the Revival and an associate professor of English at Murray State University in Murray, KY, where she also serves at the coordinator of the undergraduate creative writing program.
Jamie Quatro is the author of the story collection I Want to Show You More. Her work has appeared in The O. Henry Prize Stories, Tin House, Ploughshares, Ecotone, and elsewhere. She is a contributing editor at The Oxford American magazine. A new collection and novel are forthcoming.