Beth Ann Fennelly and Tom Franklin, two writers who have won acclaim for their poetry and fiction, will read some of their favorite selections during a free event at 7:30 p.m., tonight, March 15 in Yeager Recital Hall. Details...
Sponsored by the English Department, the William Maness Fund, and the Liberal Arts Forum, this event is free and open to the public.
Fennelly’s first book, “Open House,” won the 2001 Kenyon Review Prize for poetry. She is also the author of “Tender Hooks,” which consists of poems about her daughter’s birth. She has received fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council as well as the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work has appeared in the Best American Poetry series and won a Pushcart Prize.
Fennelly’s husband, Tom Franklin, is the author of a collection of short fiction, “Poachers,” chosen by Esquire as a Best First Book of Fiction for 1999. Franklin has also written a novel titled “Hell at the Breech.” He has also had stories included in New Stories from the South and in Best American Mystery Stories. The couple teach writing at the University of Mississippi.