Oct 12, 2023 @ – The students will learn about the use of rhyme, assonance, and homage in poetry. Melissa Ginsburg is the author of the poetry collections Doll Apollo and Dear Weather Ghost, the novels The House Uptown and Sunset City, and three poetry chapbooks, Arbor, Double Blind, and Apollo. Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker, Image, […]

Oct 16, 2023 @ – As the MSA Literary Department as gears up for National Novel Writing Month’s Young Writers Program, Exodus Oktavia Brownlow will discuss essential novel-writing techniques, her real-time strategies for crafting a compelling novel, effective time management when taking on longer fiction projects, and more. Throughout the month of November, MSA Literary students will be writing their […]

Oct 31, 2023 @ – Students will learn about using imitation, ekphrasis, and erasure in poetry. Dr. Christie Collins was born and raised in the American South, and she has recently moved back to Mississippi after a decade away. She currently teaches courses in writing and literature at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. Prior to her return home, she […]

Dec 6, 2023 – Dec 8, 2023 @ – Dr. A. H. Jerriod Avant was born and raised in Longtown, Mississippi. His first book, Muscadine, is out (September 15, 2023) from Four Way Books. A graduate of Jackson State University, Jerriod has earned MFA degrees from Spalding University and New York University. A graduate of the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, he’s received scholarships from […]