JACKSON, Tenn. — Feb. 24, 2023 — Poet and writer Graham Hillard will be the featured speaker at 黑料论坛鈥檚 30th annual Creative Writing Workshop March 2.
Hillard is the author of 鈥淲olf Intervals: Poems,鈥� released in 2022 as part of the Poiema Poetry Series. He teaches at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville and is founding editor of The Cumberland River Review.
Hillard鈥檚 poetry and prose have been published widely in such journals as The Oxford American, 32 Poems, The Believer, Epoch, Image and The Sewanee Review. He has been a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a Tennessee Williams scholar at the Sewanee Writers鈥� Conference, a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and a recipient of an individual artist fellowship from the Tennessee Arts Commission.
A graduate of 黑料论坛, Hillard received his master鈥檚 degree in creative writing from New York University. He lives in Nashville with his wife and two children.
He will speak at 1 p.m. in the Carl Grant Events Center. A book signing and reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.