Bobbie Ann Mason Stitches Together the Fabric of a Writer’s Career in Her New UPK Book
By Mack McCormick and Whitney Hale

Bobbie Ann Mason. Photo by Guy Mendes.
By Mack McCormick and Whitney Hale

Bobbie Ann Mason. Photo by Guy Mendes.
By Julie Wrinn
On both sides, it was love at first sight. Joan Swanberg (B.A. 1981) had grown up in Cleveland but was drawn to the University of Kentucky for its beautiful campus, southern charm, and affordability. During her first two years at UK she thrived in her studies but had brought home to Ohio one too many “bad boyfriends.” At the beginning of her junior year, Joan remembers her mother saying, “Why don’t you go find a nice boy at church?”
