{"id":158,"date":"2016-03-22T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/mfacreativewriting\/?p=158"},"modified":"2022-12-05T11:35:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:35:31","slug":"launch-party-set-for-dunkelbergs-latest-poetry-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/mfacreativewriting\/news\/launch-party-set-for-dunkelbergs-latest-poetry-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch party set for Dunkelberg\u2019s latest poetry collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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COLUMBUS, Miss. — An official book launch to celebrate the release of Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg\u2019s third poetry collection will be held Tuesday, March 29 from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Puckett House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the launch, Dunkelberg will read from \u201cBarrier Island Suite: Poems Inspired by The Life and Art of Walter Inglis Anderson\u201d and sign books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am excited to be able to launch the book at The W, where the idea for the book first originated,\u201d said Dunkelberg. \u201cI have relied on the support of many friends and colleagues at the university and in the community as I worked on this collection, so it is the most appropriate place to make these poems public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his poems, Dunkelberg details the life of Mississippian and artist Walter Inglis Anderson through the lens of his art. An Ocean Springs native, Anderson often spent weeks on the barrier islands drawing and painting nature. He also designed and decorated ceramics in his family\u2019s Shearwater Pottery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was first exposed to Walter Anderson’s art when Professor Emeritus Dr. Ralph Hitt gave me a drawing of a heron, inspired by one of Anderson’s designs,\u201d said Dunkelberg. \u201cStories of Anderson’s journeys and his struggles with mental illness inspired the first poem of the sequence, \u2018Isle of Caprice,\u2019 and inspired me to learn more about the artist, first by reading Maurer’s biography, and then through the ultimate source, \u2018The Horn Island Logs of Walter Inglis Anderson.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dunkelberg has previously published two books of poetry, “Landscapes and Architectures,” and “Time Capsules.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Mississippi University for Women, Dunkelberg is the director of the creative writing low-residency MFA and undergraduate concentration, as well as the Eudora Welty Writers\u2019 Symposium. He is a professor of English, creative writing, world literature and 20th century poetry. He earned his bachelor of arts in English and creative writing from Knox College, and his doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Texas at Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books will be available for purchase during the launch or at The Book End, Books-A-Million, and other bookstores and online retailers . They also may be ordered directly from the Texas A&M Book Consortium, tamupress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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