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Newnan Center Building 1000 - Room 103
办公时间
办公时间
Monday/Wednesday: In the Writing Center from 10-11:30, Office 10:30-2
10:15-12:15 Tuesday/Thursday 9-11

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梅丽莎·杰克逊,M.F.A.

Melissa Dickson Jackson teaches writing and American Literature. She also writes feature articles and participates in cultural and community events. Her work has appeared in 发展杂志 for the Coweta Chamber of Commerce, Newnan Coweta杂志, 生活方式 杂志. She has published two collections of poetry, 浮雕 (2011)和 Sweet Aegis, Medusa Poems (2013). Her poems can be found in 苦的南方人, 谢南多厄河谷, 北美评论, Southern Humanities Review, Cumberland River Review, Southern Women's Review, 文学的妈妈, 肉汁 from the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi. She served as the associate editor of Stone, River, Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poems released by Negative Capability Press in 2015. The University of Georgia Press collection 醋和炭 (2018) includes her work. Melissa lives in Newnan with her husband, 四个孩子, 两只猫, 一条鱼, a leopard gecko named Beans. 

  • B.F.A., Fine Arts, Painting, Auburn University, 1992
  • M.F.A., Studio Arts, School of Visual Arts, 1995
  • M.F.A., Creative and Professional Writing, Converse College, 2012

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The Immortal Memory Address January 30, 2016 [观点发表 外部资源]

《在线博彩》第27页[观点发表 外部资源]

Mayhayley the Mercurial [观点发表 外部资源]

Stone, River, Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poetry [观点发表 外部资源]

苦的南方人 (诗)观点发表 外部资源]

谢南多厄河谷 (两首诗)[观点发表 外部资源]

Collection of Poems from New Plains Press [观点发表 外部资源]

Collection of Poems from Negative Capability Press [观点发表 外部资源]

Cumberland River Review [观点发表 外部资源]

肉汁, The Journal of the Southern Foodways Alliance [观点发表 外部资源]

Newnan/Coweta Magazine 第32页[观点发表 外部资源]

北美评论 Blog [观点发表 外部资源]

公众演讲

I'm a skilled public speaker with experience on a variety of topics. I've addressed local civic groups and organizations on topics including The History of the Pulitzer Prize, Mayhayley Lancaster (notorious regional fortune teller), 罗伯特·彭斯, the creative overlap of the visual and literary arts. I'm also a trained and skilled performer of literature and poetry. I've appeared on the Weather Channel, in the documentary Legend of an Oracle, at various venues in the Southeast including Auburn University's June Collins Smith Museum, Avid Bookshop in Athens, The New South 书店 in Montgomery, local events including the annual Oakhill Cemetery Tour, Kiwanis and Rotary Meetings, LitMu会议, the Newnan Carnegie 图书馆.