Kelly Lundquist

Kelly Foster Lundquist (she/hers) directs the Creative Writing program at NHCC. Kelly has an MA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in nonfiction. She remains a PhD dropout for reasons described in her book, Beard: A Memoir of a Marriage, which will be released by Eerdmans in October 2025. A Kenyon Review writers alum and Milton Center Postgraduate Fellow, Kelly's work has been nominated for Best of the Net as well as a Pushcart Prize, and has been featured, among other places, in Last Syllable Lit, Whale Road Review, and Image Journal. A Mississippi native, she has taught English all over the United States, and now lives in a little red house by the Mississippi River with her husband Ben, daughter Ingrid, and dog Auggie.