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Mary Kay McBrayer & Garrett Curbow Alumni Reading
Event    Monday, September 28, 2026
As part of the GCSU Creative Writing Program's Visiting Writers series, alumni Mary Kay McBrayer and Garrett Curbow will be reading from their recent publications. This event is open to the public and will consist of a reading beginning at 6:30 p.m., followed by a Q&A and signing by the featured authors.
Sci-Fi and Fantasy concepts learned at Dragon Con applied in research
Announcement    Monday, September 14, 2026
Dr. Mary Magoulick, professor of English, is a scholar and teacher of science fiction and fantasy, aka speculative fiction. Her first book, “The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture,” was published by University Press of Mississippi in 2022 and her current manuscript, “The Way of the Witch,” may soon get published. Dragon Con has helped her with her research, as has her teaching at Georgia College & State University. Magoulick has been attending Dragon Con since...
GCSU Creative Writing Program's Visiting Writers Series: Peter Selgin with MFA graduate students, Ash Earnhardt and Richard Lassiter 
Announcement    Thursday, September 3, 2026
Former Georgia College & State University Professor and established author, Peter Selgin, will be reading with MFA graduate students, Ash Earnhardt and Richard Lassiter, for the upcoming event in the GCSU Creative Writing Program's Visiting Writers Series:Wednesday, Sept. 9, 20266:30 – 7:30 p.m.Pat Peterson Museum Education Room221 N. Clarke Street, Milledgeville, GA 31061Peter Selgin is the author of Painting Stories: A Life in Pictures and Word (Serving House Books, 2026), a memoir...
GCSU Creative Writing Program's Visiting Writers Series: Peter Selgin with MFA graduate students, Ash Earnhardt and Richard Lassiter 
Event    Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Former Georgia College & State University Professor and established author, Peter Selgin, will be reading with MFA graduate students, Ash Earnhardt and Richard Lassiter, for the upcoming event in the GCSU Creative Writing Program's Visiting Writers Series:Wednesday, Sept. 9, 20266:30 – 7:30 p.m.Pat Peterson Museum Education Room221 N. Clarke Street, Milledgeville, GA 31061Peter Selgin is the author of Painting Stories: A Life in Pictures and Word (Serving House Books, 2026), a memoir...
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Neville named Georgia Author of the Year for memoir, ‘Momma May Be Mad’
News Story    Thursday, July 2, 2026
By Gil PoundFor the second year in a row, a Georgia College & State University faculty member has been named a Georgia Author of the Year.Dr. Kerry Neville, interim chair of the Department of Communication and associate professor of English, earned Author of the Year acclaim for her memoir “Momma May Be Mad.” Published in October 2025, Neville’s work takes readers on a nonlinear journey through various trials she faced in life, including diagnoses of bipolar disorder, anorexia, alcoholism...
Dr. Kerry Neville’s memoir takes national stage
Announcement    Thursday, May 7, 2026
Dr. Kerry Neville, interim chair, Department of Communication and associate professor, Department of English has a new memoir “Momma May be Mad,” and the news caught the attention of Georgia Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio Co-host Orlando Montoya.Neville was recently interviewed in Atlanta by Montoya and his Co-host Peter Biello who discussed the book with her on the GPB/NPR podcast, “The Narrative Edge.” Tune in Friday, May 8, to “All Things Considered” and “Georgia...
An Evening of Poetry with Alice Friman and Kerry James Evans 
Announcement    Monday, May 4, 2026
Friday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. Blackbird Coffee, The Birdhouse Theater, 114 W Hancock St., MilledgevilleGeorgia College & State University is pleased to host an evening of poetry with Alice Friman, newly inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and Kerry James Evans, associate professor of English and coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at Georgia College. Both poets will read from their recent collections.Alice Friman is the author of eight full-length collections, most...
Congratulations to Peter Selgin on the publication of his latest book: "Painting Stories: a Life in Pictures and Words"
Announcement    Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Congratulations to Professor Peter Selgin on the publication of his latest book, "Painting Stories: a Life in Pictures and Words," just out with Serving House Books. "PAINTING STORIES: a Life in Pictures and Words" is a unique memoir of an artist’s life. For decades, Peter Selgin struggled to reconcile his two great passions, writing and visual art, feeling that he had to choose between them or fail at both. In this unique memoir pairing pictures with mini-essays, Selgin unites those...
GCSU Creative Writing MFA Graduation Reading
Announcement    Monday, April 20, 2026
Thursday, April 30, 2026 | 6:30 p.m.Pat Peterson Museum Education Room, Russell LibraryGeorgia College & State University’s MFA in Creative Writing is proud to present its Spring 2026 Graduation Reading. Join us on Thursday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room at Russell Library to celebrate five graduating writers as they read from their culminating thesis work in poetry and fiction.Kai Elliot Beck, a poet from Northwest Arkansas, crafts portraits of masculinity...
GCSU Creative Writing MFA Graduation Reading
Event    Thursday, April 30, 2026
Thursday, April 30, 2026 | 6:30 p.m.Pat Peterson Museum Education Room, Russell LibraryGeorgia College & State University’s MFA in Creative Writing is proud to present its Spring 2026 Graduation Reading. Join us on Wednesday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room at Russell Library to celebrate five graduating writers as they read from their culminating thesis work in poetry and fiction.Kai Elliot Beck, a poet from Northwest Arkansas, crafts portraits of...
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