Beth Ann Fennelly
Professor and Poet Laureate of MS of English
Phone Number: (662)915-7914
Email: bafennel@olemiss.edu
www.bethannfennelly.com

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Research Description: Beth Ann Fennelly, Poet Laureate of Mississippi, teaches in the MFA Program at the University of Mississippi, where she was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year. She’s won grants from the N.E.A., the United States Artists, and a Fulbright to Brazil. Her work has won a Pushcart Prize and three times been included in The Best American Poetry Series. Fennelly has published three poetry books: Open House, Tender Hooks, and Unmentionables, and a book of nonfiction, Great with Child, all published with W. W. Norton. A novel she co-authored with her husband, Tom Franklin, called The Tilted World was published by HarperCollins. They live in Oxford with their three children.

Honors Theses:

Hudson, Cam (2021) The Pandemic in Pieces (full text)

Knirnschild, Jacqueline (2020) The Red Swimsuit: Essays (full text)

Hultman, Conor (2019) Prowler: Stories (full text)

McComb, Morgan (2014) Gravity in a Jar: A Poetic History of the People, Places, and Events of Detroit. (full text)

Clark, Ryan Landry (2006) "Rearranging the Bricks: Poems"

Stephenson, Elizabeth Davenport (2005) "Divination: A Collection of Poetry"