Kelly Lundquist
Title
Faculty


location
CLA 185

Office Hours:

Fall 2025 (Zoom only) Office Hours:

Monday 9-10AM

Wednesday 9-10AM

Thursday 9-10AM 

Education

  • BA, Belhaven College
  • MA, Mississippi College
  • MFA, Seattle Pacific University

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, 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. 

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