On April 10th, the 2026 Visiting Writers Series will feature Beth Ann Fennelly, a Distinguished Professor of English in the University of Mississippi MFA program, and the former Poet Laureate of Mississippi. She is the author of three poetry books, Open House, Tender Hooks, and Unmentionables; a book of nonfiction, Great with Child; and two collections of micro-memoirs, Heating and Cooling, ... Visiting Writers Series: Beth Anne Fennelly