Ellen Ann Fentress always has been fascinated by how the smallest event can pack a cavernous cultural truth. As a lifetime resident of the state of Mississippi, Fentress understands race and whiteness inevitably are part of that fabric. Fentress’ new book “The Steps We Take: A Memoir of Southern Reckoning”…
Miller’s “Biloxi” is one of many titles selected by Susan Straight to be part of her “Library of America.” Published May 28, 2023, in the “Los Angeles Times,” Straight’s opinion piece titled “A map of 1,001 novels to show us where to find the real America” attempts to create a literary map of the United States.
Questions linger with C.T. Salazar.
Sometimes, Salazar finds the answers. There are other times, though, when the solutions are elusive, so Salazar turns to writing as a way to find a route to a resolution
Thomas K. Lee wants you to take a chance.
It doesn’t matter if it is the second, third or 40th opportunity because Lee believes it’s crucial that everyone listens to the voice in their head and takes a chance
The evolution of Ellen Ann Fentress’ work continues. A project that originally started as essays about segregation academies in the state of Mississippi has changed names to include stories from public schools. The revamped website, which is called “The Admissions Project: Race and the Possible for Southern Schools,” has been…
COLUMBUS, Miss. — Teresa Nicholas dislikes writing “I” so many times, which is why you might call her a reluctant memoirist. Nicholas’ battle with personal pronouns is only part of the issue. Another problem she encounters when she writes memoirs is figuring out what to put in and what to…
Columbus, Miss.– Scary and exciting is part of Ponder Review’s Southern eclectic. With Volume 5, Issue 1, Melissa Goodnight, one of nine editors for Mississippi University for Women’s student-run publication of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing program, feels she and her colleagues produced pages that “carry a pained restlessness,…
COLUMBUS, Miss.– Dr. Brandy Wilson has been named the 2022 Humanities Teacher and will present a public lecture titled “Perfectly Queer: Redefining the Archetype” Friday, Feb. 25 at 12 p.m. on the campus of Mississippi University for Women in Cochran Hall’s Limbert Assembly Room. The lecture is open to the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. — Mississippi University for Women will help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Tennessee Williams Tribute this weekend with a first. At 7 p.m. Saturday, September 11, the three finalists in the inaugural National 10-Minute Playwriting Contest will present readings of their works on ZOOM. The W’s Theatre…
COLUMBUS, Miss.– David Carter was positioned perfectly to see the model. Charged with implementing a theatre education program at Mississippi University for Women, Carter needed only to look at The W’s low-residency MFA in Creative Writing. He saw that program met the needs of students in Mississippi and the surrounding…
