Marianne Kunkel named managing editor of Prairie Schooner

         The Prairie Schooner, the literary quarterly of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of English, has named a new managing editor, Marianne Kunkel, a third-year Ph.D. student in poetry.

            Kunkel specializes in women's and gender studies at UNL and takes over the post full time after serving as the publication's interim managing editor for six months. She has a master of fine arts degree from the University of Florida.

            A native of Alabama, Kunkel has four years of publishing and editing experience working at the University Press of Florida, Naylor Publications and the University of Nebraska Press. Kunkel has published poems in "Columbia Poetry Review," "Hayden's Ferry Review," "Poet Lore," "Rattle" and "River Styx." Her chapbook, "The Laughing Game," is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.

Kwame Dawes, Prairie Schooner's Glenna Luschei endowed editor-in-chief, said of Kunkel, "It was clear to me that one of my most important tasks as new editor of Prairie Schooner would be to find a gifted and efficient managing editor. Fortunately, I did not have to look far. Marianne Kunkel brings a remarkable professionalism and efficiency to the task, and she does all of this with grace and enthusiasm. She is a gifted poet and splendid manager. The Schooner is in very capable hands."

            Founded in 1927, Prairie Schooner is a national literary quarterly published with the support of the UNL English Department. It publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews by beginning, mid-career and established writers. For more information, visit http://prairieschooner.unl.edu.

Writer: Trey Moody, Publicity Associate, Prairie Schooner