Hail the new (Gangrey) Fellow

Here I am, officially my first day back in the Memphis cubicle, and the news comes through my email — Gangrey friend and contributor Colleen Kenney is among the 13 U.S. journalists selected as a 2007-08 Knight-Wallace Fellow.

This is how Colleen informed me, via email:

"YIPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Colleen's study topic is a doozy: Applying Poetry Techniques to Narrative Writing.

I know Colleen's talent and charm will earn her a warm embrace from the University of Michigan's unbelievable MFA program. The Fellowship will be better for having her, and I'm already eager to see what Colleen produces after eight months to study and improve.

Let me be the first to offer a thunderous round to…