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The Idle Class Podcast, Episode 5: Elle Nash

Fayetteville author Elle Nash is getting a lot of press for her novel Animals Eat Each Other including a glowing review by Publishers Weekly...
  • byKody Ford
  • Jul 2, 2018
Poetry

Arkatext Literary Festival slated for Feb. 19 – 23 at the University of Central Arkansas

The University of Central Arkansas creative writing program will host the ArkaText literary festival, the annual celebration of Arkansas wri...
  • byKody Ford
  • Feb 14, 2018
Events

Inaugural C.D. Wright Women’s Writers Conference takes place at the University of Central Arkansas

WORDS & PHOTOS / CALEB SAWYER PATTON Dozens of women gathered on a foggy, November morning at the University of Central Arkansas to part...
  • byKody Ford
  • Nov 6, 2017
Prose

2017 Porter Fund Literary Prize Awarded to Padma Viswanathan

PHOTO / KAT WILSON Arkansas novelist and playwright Padma Viswanathan is the recipient of the 2017 Porter Fund Literary Prize. The Por...
  • byKody Ford
  • Jul 11, 2017
Prose

Books in Bloom Brings Writer Amy Stewart to Eureka Springs

INTERVIEW / JENNY VOS PHOTO / KODY FORD Each year the Books in Bloom literary festival in Eureka Springs brings a bevy of authors to Northw...
  • byKody Ford
  • Apr 27, 2016
Poetry

Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow offering three fellowships

The Writers’ Colony in the Victorian arts village of Eureka Springs, Arkansas is offering three fellowships that include a two-week stay f...
  • byKody Ford
  • May 21, 2015
Poetry

Books in Bloom marks their 10th year with a fantastic festival

WORDS & PHOTOS / KODY FORD Those who declare print dead, should have been at 10th annual Books in Bloom Literary Festival in Eureka Spri...
  • byKody Ford
  • May 20, 2015
Poetry

Books in Bloom celebrates 10 years in Eureka Springs

WORDS / CHELSIE MARTIN Come rain or shine, the Carroll and Madison Public Library Foundation will sponsor its 10th Books in Bloom Literary F...
  • byKody Ford
  • May 10, 2015
Prose

Eric Shonkwiler talks about his new novel “Above All Men”

INTERVIEW / SCHULER BENSON Eric Shonkwiler is an extensive nomad, having lived and worked in every contiguous U.S. time zone, and finding hi...
  • byKody Ford
  • Aug 28, 2014
Prose

JUST SHORT OF ESCAPE VELOCITY: Reflecting on the life of Charles Portis

WORDS / JAY JENNINGS ILLUSTRATION / CHAD MAUPIN Very few Arkansans go away and stay away. Sam Walton stuck around even as his retail operati...
  • byKody Ford
  • Jun 26, 2014
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