MFA Students to Read Winning Entries on ‘Thacker Mountain Radio’

Award recipients Chris Allen and Jessica Comola to represent program on popular broadcast

OXFORD, Miss. – It’s been said the road to success begins with small steps, and for two award-winning University of Mississippi graduate students, that path continues Thursday (April 11) with an appearance on “Thacker Mountain Radio.” Christopher Allen of Lufkin, Texas, and Jessica Comola of Austin, Texas, won first place in the short story andRead the story …

Traci Brimhall Selected as Summer Poet-in-Residence

 … Reading set for 5 p.m. June 21 at Off Square Books OXFORD, Miss. – Traci Brimhall, acclaimed for her use of myth and folklore in her poetry, has been chosen as the sixth annual Summer Poet-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. Brimhall is the author of “Our Lady of the Ruins” (forthcoming from W.W. Norton), selectedRead the story …