James (Jeb) Livingood

Jeb Livingood's fiction and nonfiction has appeared in Cream City Review, Yemassee, Best New American Voices, The Hollins Critic, and elsewhere, and he is the founding series editor of Best New Poets. He served as Associate Director of the Creative Writing Program until his retirement in May 2026. You can read our celebration of Jeb and his work at https://creativewriting.virginia.edu/news-jeb-livingood-retires-uva-creative-writing-program.