UofLCreativeWriting

Casey Plett at the University of Louisville w/ Introduction by Adam Yeich by UofLCreativeWriting

Garth Greenwell at 2019 Writers' Block Festival w/ Introduction by Ian Stansel by UofLCreativeWriting

Mary Ann Samyn at the University of Louisville w/ Introduction by Kristi Maxwell by UofLCreativeWriting

On April 4, 2019, the Creative Writing department at the University of Louisville hosted a Faculty / Student Reading. First, graduate teaching assistant Brent Coughenour reads from his story "Astro World," followed by faculty member V. Joshua Adams reading from his chapbook COLD AFFECTIONS in addition to new work, and concluding with faculty member Kristi Maxwell reading her poem "To Insist on the 'Someness' of Every Assemblage" from her collection BRIGHT AND HURTLESS.

Brent and Nicole sit down with author and University of Louisville assistant professor of English, Kristi Maxwell. Brent, Nicole, and Kristi discuss her latest collection, BRIGHT AND HURTLESS, as well as the process of giving public readings, using creative writing in the classroom, wordplay, and Cleveland, Tennessee. Purchase Kristi's BRIGHT AND HURTLESS (Ahsahta Press) from your local independent bookstore!

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Amy Parker, recipient of the 2018 Calvino Prize, reads her award-winning story "Pica Ceremony(for feeding the hungry ghosts)" at the 47th Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900 on February 22, 2019. Purchase Amy Parker's 2016 collection of linked short stories BEASTS AND CHILDREN at Carmichael's Bookstore (or your local bookstore!) and look for "Pica Ceremony (for feeding the hungry ghosts)" in this spring's twelfth issue of UofL's AWP-award winning journal Miracle Monocle.

Hosts Brent Coughenour and Nicole Dugan are joined by Andi Pignato, Madelyn Hagan, and Matt Andres, student editors for the eleventh issue of Miracle Monocle, to discuss all things MM. The editors give insight into the changes that Monocle has undergone since becoming a biannual journal, and tell us a little bit about what’s in store for Issue 12 in Spring 2019. Read Issue 11 of Miracle Monocle here: louisville.edu/miraclemonocle.

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Author Maggie Smith, the final visiting author for the Fall 2018 William and Anne Axton Reading Series, reads new poetry and poems from her collection GOOD BONES (Tupelo Press, 2017) on November 10, 2018 at the Writer's Block Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. Smith is introduced by the University of Louisville's Director of Creative Writing Kiki Petrosino.

Wendy Xu reads from PHRASIS, YOU ARE NOT DEAD, and from poetry in-progress on October 18, 2018 as part of the University of Louisville's Axton Reading Series.

Brent and Nicole are joined (live and in-person!) by Wendy Xu, author and visiting Axton reader at the University of Louisville. Listen as Wendy discusses her latest collection of poetry, PHRASIS, the struggle of author-as-narrator, the color blue, linguistic disjunction, and THE SOPRANOS. Purchase Wendy's PHRASIS, and her first collection YOU ARE NOT DEAD from your local independent bookstore!

For more information on Wendy and her work, visit her website https://www.wendy-xu.com.