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Visiting Writers Series: Beth Anne Fennelly
April 10 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
On April 10th, the 2026 Visiting Writers Series will feature Beth Ann Fennelly, a Distinguished Professor of English in the University of Mississippi MFA program, and the former Poet Laureate of Mississippi. She is the author of three poetry books,聽Open House,聽Tender Hooks, and聽Unmentionables; a book of nonfiction,聽Great with Child;聽and two collections of micro-memoirs,聽Heating and Cooling, and聽The Irish Goodbye.聽With her husband, Tom Franklin, she co-authored the novel,聽The Tilted World. Her work has earned three Pushcart Prizes, an NEA grant, an Academy of American Poets grant, a Fulbright fellowship,聽and other聽honors, including being聽featured in The聽Best American Poetry聽series.
The reading will take place at 2:00 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Concert Hall. This event聽is free and open to the public. Please join us!
Parking is available in Lots 8 and 9. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Heather Hummel at [email protected]