Creative Writing Program News

University of Georgia English Department Ph.D. student Jacob Sunderlin is the recipient of a Creative Writing Poetry Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.  Sunderlin is one of only 35 poets from across the United States to be awarded one of the 2019 poetry grants.

LeAnne Howe's latest book, SAVAGE CONVERSATIONS (Coffee House Press, 2019), received a glowing review from the Minnesota Star Tribune.

LeAnne Howe's latest book, SAVAGE CONVERSATIONS (Coffee House Press, 2019), received a glowing review from Foreward Reviews.

From the article: "Intriguing, poetic, and disturbing, this play opens up a whole new biographical interpretation for Mary Todd Lincoln."

Professor LeAnne Howe's latest book, SAVAGE CONVERSATIONS, was reviewed by Publishers Weekly.  "Although revisionist in scope, Howe’s drama taps emotional undercurrents that course imperceptibly through conventional historical narratives." 

Professor LeAnne Howe is a featured writer in Literary Hub's series "New Poetry by Indigenous Women," curated by Natalie Diaz.

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