Kerry Madden-Lunsford grew up the daughter of a college football coach moving every few years, depending on the winning or losing season of the football team. As the oldest of four children, it was her responsibility to “get the job done” as the senior member of the team. When she wrote her novel, Offsides, memoir was only barely in fashion with Mary Karr’s The Liar’s Club, so Offsides is more autobiographical novel than memoir. At AMP's Oct. 8 meeting, Madden-Lunsford will d

Print journalism is on the wane, as most of us realize. But that doesn’t mean that digital media can’t continue traditions of professional journalism, according to Mark Mayfield, associate director of student media at the University of Alabama. Mayfield spoke at the Feb. 9 AMP meeting at the Homewood Library. Although the preferred media may have changed from print to digital format, there’s one thing that hasn’t changed, Mayfield said. That’s the need for talented writers