On Monday, November 13, poet and editor Kaveh Akbar will read as part of UT’s Writers in the Library reading series. Kaveh Akbar’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, APR, Ploughshares, PBS NewsHour, and elsewhere. His debut full-length collection, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, was released by Alice James Books in September 2017; … Continued
Our 30th anniversary celebration of the John C. Hodges Library was a great success! Students thronged to our Street Fair in the Commons yesterday afternoon. The Libraries, the Office of Information Technology, and other Commons partners hosted booths at which they posed trivia questions in exchange for tickets to a prize drawing. Trivia quizzes harked … Continued
As part of UT’s week-long Homecoming festivities, you are invited to the grand opening of the “Rocky Top” Exhibit at Hodges Library. The exhibit will feature the original handwritten manuscript written by songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1967 at the Gatlinburg Inn. Special guests for the evening will be Del and Dane Bryant, sons … Continued
On Monday, October 23, Stanley Plumly will read at the University of Tennessee as part of UT’s Writers in the Library reading series. Stanley Plumly’s Old Heart (W. W. Norton, 2007) won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Paterson Poetry Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography (W. W. Norton, 2008) was … Continued
[lead]Two Thousand Seventeen marks the thirtieth anniversary of the John C. Hodges Library. Join us October 23 to celebrate.[/lead] [lead]We’ll begin our celebration with a Street Fair in the Commons.[/lead] From 3 to 5 p.m., Monday, October 23, “Main Street” in the open-space Commons on the second floor of Hodges Library will host “retro” arcade … Continued
[lead]Two Thousand Seventeen marks the thirtieth anniversary of the John C. Hodges Library. Join us October 23 to celebrate.[/lead] [lead]We’ll begin our celebration with a Street Fair in the Commons.[/lead] From 3 to 5 p.m., Monday, October 23, “Main Street” in the open-space Commons on the second floor of Hodges Library will host “retro” arcade … Continued
On Monday, October 2nd, novelists Michael Shou-Yung Shum and Jesse Goolsby will read at the University of Tennessee. The event is part of UT’s Writers in the Library reading series. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Michael Shou-Yung Shum eventually found himself dealing poker in a dead-end casino in Lake Stevens, Washington. Two doctorates bookend … Continued
[lead]Two Thousand Seventeen marks the thirtieth anniversary of the John C. Hodges Library. Join us October 23 to celebrate.[/lead] [lead]We’ll begin our celebration with a Street Fair in the Commons.[/lead] From 3 to 5 p.m., Monday, October 23, “Main Street” in the open-space Commons on the second floor of Hodges Library will host “retro” arcade … Continued
Join us at Hodges Library for free screenings of independent and foreign films. Feature films will be screened at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium on the first Wednesday of each month, throughout the fall and spring semesters. Showing Wednesday, October 4, at 7 p.m.— Scanners . . . a sci-fi horror thriller from … Continued
East Tennessee K-12 teachers, guidance counselors, and educators of all descriptions are invited to learn ways to help students excel in science and math during Big Orange STEM Saturday for Educators on October 7 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The free half-day event is hosted by UT Libraries, The East TN STEM Hub, and … Continued