Dr. Kimberly Angle

Kimberly Angle (PhD. University of South Carolina; M.A. Georgia State University; B.A. Mercer University) is Assistant Professor of English and came to Montreat College in fall 2007 to direct the creative writing program. Kim’s philosophy of teaching can be expressed in the words of one of her favorite mentor-writers, Brenda Ueland: “I am blessed with a fascinated, inexhaustible interest in all my pupils. . . . This is what I [have] learned: everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.”

Her writing courses at Montreat are designed for students to explore a variety of forms and cultivate individual voice and vision. “As a community of writers, we strive to realize the possibilities of all we can become through Christ. This does not mean that we have to be heavy-handed with our theology. As a Christ-Centered college, we believe that all truth is God’s truth. Thus, when we focus on being true to ourselves, true to our experiences, and true to our voices in our writing, we are turning our minds and ultimately others’ minds to what is beautiful and true in God’s creation.” Varied experiences in writing conferences, workshops, working with editors, and just plain writing over the years have equipped her to help writers accomplish their personal goals. “In my courses, we engage in the practices of published writers: free-writing, keeping a writer’s notebook, peer editing, conferencing, imitation, writing in drafts, studying models of great writing, and reading autobiographical material of other authors. In short, writing at Montreat can be exciting and even transformational, but it’s also a lot of fun.”

Her writing has been published or anthologized in Crossroads: A Southern Culture Annual, The Chattahoochee Review, South Carolina Wildlife, The Flannery O'Connor Bulletin, Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life (Upper Room), Literary Mama: Readings for the Maternally Inclined (Seal Press), Stories from Where We Live: The South Atlantic Coast and Piedmont (Milkweed Editions), and Skirt, among others.

For information on Dr. Angle’s new novel, Hummingbird, click on the cover:

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Hummingbird
Kimberly Greene Angle

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