How does it feel to have a Pulitzer Prize-winner coming to campus?
CD: It feels extraordinary. Honestly, when my talented poetry student Ashley Warner asked if there was any chance we could bring someone like him to UWG, I thought to myself, “No way.” I think we’re quite lucky that he agreed. When you’re a Pulitzer Prize-winner living in New York, teaching at NYU, traveling the world to give prestigious readings, you often, by necessity, pass on smaller opportunities. We’re lucky, and we’re grateful to him for accepting. TWG: Are there any other upcoming events from the UWG Creative Writing? CD: I know that the newly formed Creative Writing Guild has a Write-a-Thon planned as a kind of bookending to Komunyakaa’s reading. The Saturday before and after his reading will be a chance for anyone interested in creative writing to come and take part in workshops, craft talks, and all manner of writing prompts throughout the day. For more information, contact Emily Hipchen, the Creative-Writing Coordinator (ehipchen@westga.edu). Also, we have a ton of great re
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