September 2020 – Kendall Dunkelberg

Do You Need an MFA to Be a Writer?

This morning WordPress showed me a link to this post: You Don’t Need an MFA to Be a Writer by Roxanna Coldiron. Though I direct a low-residency MFA program, I couldn’t agree more. I liked the post, but there was no way to comment, so I decided to write my response here. In her post,Continue reading “Do You Need an MFA to Be a Writer?”

Update on Submission Tracking

While working on a way to export my submission records from SuperCard to a file, I discovered I’ve recorded submissions for 541 titles. Here’s what I did.

The Story Behind My Tennessee Williams Poem

The story behind the poems I’ll read at the Tennessee Williams Tribute, Sept. 12, 2020.

MFA Applications Advice 2020

Over the past five years, I’ve been writing advice for MFA applicants. Here’s my latest post and links to more.

A Writer’s Labor Day: Submissions

How I spent my Labor Day sending out submissions.

Book Review: Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey

Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Trethewey My rating: 5 of 5 stars Trethewey’s memoir recounts her life with her mother and her odyssey to understand her mother’s murder at the hands of her stepfather. It is an exploration of memory and of the narratives we tell about our lives to make some senseContinue reading “Book Review: Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey”