Creative Writing Program

Join us for madcap wordplay, silly songs, literary hijinks, linguistic tomfoolery, and puns, puns, puns from the ENGL 307 class! It's Grammar?! I Hardly Know Her! Doors open at 5:10 pm.

Distinguished author Ana Castillo will read from her poetry and prose collections tracing her writing as acts of resistance.

In this virtual celebration, we will honor those we have lost through altar-making, writing prompts, music, and storytelling.

Sophie Klahr is the author of Two Open Doors in a Field (Backwaters Press, 2023) & Meet Me Here At Dawn (Yesyes Books). With Corey Zeller, she co-authored There Is Only One Ghost in the World  (Fiction Collective 2, 2023), … Read more

Destiny Hemphill is a ritual worker and poet based in Durham, NC. A recipient of fellowships from Naropa University’s Summer Writing Program, Callaloo, Tin House, and Kenyon’s Writers Workshop, she is the author of the poetry collection Oracle: a Cosmology (Honeysuckle Press, … Read more

A Reading for Kendra's book "The Museum of Whales You Will Never See"

UNC Student Victoria Wlosok will read from her new book "How To Find a Missing Girl".

Creative Writing faculty members Ross White and Gabriel Bump will read from their newly published works. Ross White will read from his books "Charm Offensive" and "Valley of Want" while Gabriel Bump will read from his book "The New Naturals."