Visiting Writers Series

Craft Talk by Mackenzie Kozak

Visiting Writers Series Soniat Reader 

• When: Feb. 5, 2026 | 3:30 p.m.
• Where: Newman Library Goodall Room
• Free Admission
• Contact: Janine Joseph

Learn about the craft of writing with Mackenzie Kozak as she discusses her process. She is the author of “no swaddle” (University of Iowa Press, 2025), selected by Brenda Shaughnessy for the Iowa Poetry Prize. She holds a B.A. from Wake Forest University and an M.F.A. from UNC-Greensboro, where she worked as poetry editor of The Greensboro Review. Her poetry has appeared in Boston Review, Colorado Review, DIAGRAM, Missouri Review, Sixth Finch, and elsewhere. Mackenzie serves as an associate editor at Orison Books and works as a grief therapist in Asheville, North Carolina.