We’ve had a spate of good news and publications from our MFA students. Maureen Hirthler’s story was the lead piece on the national blog, KevinMD: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/04/i-inwardly-watch-my-lifes-blood-flow-away-and-no-one-notices.html Emily Geminder’s story, Your Village Has Been Bombed, is in the spring issue of the literary journal, Witness: http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/issues/volume-28-no-1-spring-2015 Anders Carlson was hired as a summer intern at the…
Christine Pivovar Recent Publication
Christine Pivovar (MFA 2013)’s short story “Love in the Time of Communists” appeared in The Southeast Review 33.1 (2015): 64. You can read the story here: http://english.fsu.edu/ser_wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Christine-Pivovar_Love.pdf
Bridgette Henry’s First Novel Recently Published
UMKC alum Bridgette M. Henry’s first novel, Keeper of the Quilt, has been published as an ebook through Amazon. It is available here.
Whitney Terrell to be Featured on KCUR this Sunday
KCUR (89.3 FM) will be reading a clip of Whitney Terrell reading from his new novel, The Good Lieutenant, at 7:35 and 9:35 a.m. this Sunday. Update: Listen to the reading here.
Jennifer Phegley Recent Presentation
Jennifer Phegley presented a paper based on an essay co-written with John Barton, Kristin Huston, and Jarrod Roark entitled “Teaching Transatlantic Sensations” at the Modern Language Association Conference in Vancouver, Canada on January 9, 2015.
Catherine Browder’s Recent Publications
Alumna and former adjunct instructor, Catherine Browder’s novella, CAFE DEUX MONDES, is now available as an E-Book from Ploughshares Solos (as a Kindle Single) and also an audio book from audible.com.watch movie Regression 2015 now Her new collection, NOW WE CAN ALL GO HOME: 3 NOVELLAS IN HOMAGE TO CHEKHOV, is now available from BkMk…
Robert Farnsworth’s Biography of Leon M. Jordan Retitled and Revised
Dr. Robert Farnsworth recently retitled and revised his biography of Leon M. Jordan. New title: “Police Chief, No, Chief Politician, Yes; The Life of Leon Mercer Jordan and the Shaping Memories of His Father and Grandfather.” The work can now be viewed online at: http://library.umkc.edu/spec-col-collections/jordan/farnsworth-manuscript The Kansas City Council has voted 12-0 to name the campus on which…
Katie Kline Published in English Journal
Katie Kline’s co-written article “From ELA Teacher to Literacy Expert: Reimagining Our Roles” was recently published in English Journal, Nov. 2014, v.104, no 2.
Prof. Michael Pritchett Published in Your Impossible Voice
Professor Michael Pritchett’s story “Adventures with blahblah” appeared in the online literary journal Your Impossible Voice, Number Six/Winter 2014.
Liz Jacquinot Published in East Coast Literature Review
UMKC MFA student Lize Jacquinot’s short story “Mr. Goldman” was recently published in the Winter 2015 edition of the journal East Coast Literary Review.