Melanie Sumner, MFA
Professor of English
Melanie Sumner is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant and the Whiting Award. She is the author of the novels, How To Write A Novel, The Ghost of Milagro Creek (New Mexico Book Awards 2010), The School of Beauty and Charm, and Polite Society, a collection of West African short stories.
Sumner’s publishing history includes short fiction and creative nonfiction in numerous journals and anthologies including The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times, and Atlanta Magazine. She has appeared on NPR and Georgia Public Radio. Currently she lives in Rome, Georgia and teaches at Kennesaw State University.
Please visit Melanie's website at www.melaniesumner.com
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Concentration Area(s)
- Creative Writing
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MAPW Courses Taught
- PRWR 6100 Readings for Writers
- PRWR 6410 Feature Writing
- PRWR 6455 The Genres of Creative Writing
- PRWR 6460 Fiction Writing I
- PRWR 7460 Fiction Writing II
- PRWR 7900 Special Topics
- PRWR 7950 MAPW Directed Study
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