Beth Gulley Publishes

Beth was the primary editor of the Writers Place Yearbook (https://thewritersplace.wildapricot.org/news/12637462). It is a collection of poetry and prose by 68 of the Writers Place members. It is available for free download or from Amazon.

Beth also published two short narratives.  “The Price of a Bus Ticket.” What’s The Deal with Alien Buddha, Feb. 2022 and “Bucket List.” 105 Meadowlark Reader, Vol. 2 Issue 1, 2022.

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Marianne Kunkel Presents

On Dec. 2, Marianne Kunkel participated in a poetry reading in collaboration with The Writers Place and River Cow Cosmic Orchestra. She performed three poems, reading each one once for the jazz band to hear the poem and then again for them to improvise accompaniment. Fellow readers comprised Malcolm Cook, Hyejung Kook, Alexej Savreux, Greg Cenac, Kevin Rabas, Bill Bauer, and Silvia Kofler.

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Beth Gulley Presents and Publishes

Beth Gulley presented at the Kansas Association of Teachers of English (KATE) Annual Conference.  Session title was “Join the Professional Conversation: Publish Your Scholarly and Creative Work in Kansas English!”   This presentation included Katie Cramer from Wichita State and John Franklin from Pittsburg State.

Beth Gulley’s poem “Night Walk” was selected for Alien Buddha’s Best of 2021 anthology.

Beth Gulley has seven poems included in Alien Buddha Zine #32.

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Debbie McLeod Panel Participant

Debbie McLeod was a panelist participant at the The Newbery Medal at 100 conference  held at the University of Illinois.

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Marianne Kunkel November Featured Member of The Writers Place

November Featured Member:
Marianne Kunkel

Marianne Kunkel, our November featured member, is the author of Hillary, Made Up (Stephen F. Austin State University Press) and The Laughing Game (Finishing Line Press), as well as poems that have appeared in The Missouri ReviewThe Notre Dame ReviewHayden’s Ferry ReviewRattle, and elsewhere. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Johnson County Community College, where she teaches children’s literature and composition. She holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While earning her Ph.D., she was the managing editor of Prairie Schooner and the African Poetry Book Fund. She is the editor-in-chief of Kansas City Voices and Kansas City Voices Youth and chair of The Writers Place‘s Youth Committee. She recently co-edited a poetry anthology, Curating Home (Woodneath Press), with Jose Faus and Glenn North that won the Missouri Library’s Association’s 2021 Literary Award. In her free time, she loves thrift-store shopping, attending political protests, and cooking vegetarian meals.

www.mariannekunkel.com

 

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