Tara M. Stringfellow, author portrait
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Tara M. Stringfellow

Tara M. Stringfellow is a former attorney, Northwestern University MFA graduate, and two-time Pushcart Prize nominee whose debut novel and national bestseller Memphis was a Read with Jenna pick and longlisted for the Women's Prize in Fiction. A cross-genre artist, the author was Northwestern University’s first MFA graduate in both poetry and prose and her work has appeared in Collective UnrestJet Fuel ReviewMinerva RisingWomen’s Arts Quarterly and Apogee Journal, among others. After having lived in Okinawa, Ghana, Chicago, Cuba, Spain, Italy, and Washington, D.C., she moved back home to Memphis, where she sits on her porch swing every evening with her hound, Huckleberry, listening to records and chatting with neighbors.
Magic Enuff
Memphis: A Read with Jenna Pick

Inside the Book: Tara Stringfellow (MEMPHIS)

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Magic Enuff
Memphis: A Read with Jenna Pick

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Inside the Book: Tara Stringfellow (MEMPHIS)

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