Writers in the Library will host poetry readings by Leslie LaChance and Adam Day as part of UT’s Poetry Spring. The public is invited to this free reading at 7 p.m., Monday, April 11, in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library. Leslie LaChance edits Mixitini Matrix: A Journal of Creative Collaboration. She … Continued
Nikky Finney will give a poetry reading at the University of Tennessee’s Writers in the Library on Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library. The reading is free and open to the public. Finney is the author of five books, including Head Off and Split, … Continued
April 4-8, 2016 is Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week. The national celebration seeks to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of graduate and professional students to universities and their communities, and to bring awareness to the issues, concerns, and needs of graduate and professional students. “THREE-MINUTE THESES” COMPETITION The UT Libraries invites the campus community … Continued
Poet Marilyn Hacker will read from her work at the University of Tennessee on March 28. The event is part of the university’s Writers in the Library readings series. The public is invited to this free reading at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of UT’s John C. Hodges Library. Hacker is a distinguished … Continued
The Illuminations Digital Humanities Series will host documentary maker and visual journalist Elaine McMillion Sheldon on Thursday, March 24, at 6 p.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium. Sheldon won a 2013 Peabody Award for her interactive documentary on an Appalachian community in economic freefall. HOLLOW examines the lives of 30 individuals living in McDowell County, … Continued
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries will host Big Orange STEM Saturday for high school and first-year college students from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2. Students interested in careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics and their parents are invited to attend the event in the John C. Hodges Library, 1015 Volunteer … Continued
Poet Cameron Conway will read from his works at the University of Tennessee on March 7. The event is part of the university’s Writers in the Library readings series. The public is invited to this free reading at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of UT’s John C. Hodges Library. Conaway writes poetry with … Continued
Robert Morgan, the acclaimed author of Gap Creek and The Road from Gap Creek, will speak about the impact of Willma Dykeman’s fiction and non-fiction in his own work at the beginning of a two-day tribute to Dykeman on April 7 and 8. The events are sponsored by the Library Society of the University of … Continued
Current University of Tennessee Department of English Writer-in-Residence William Wright will be reading from and discussing his work on February 22. The event is part of the university’s Writers in the Library readings series. The public is invited to this free reading and performance at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of UT’s John … Continued
The UT Libraries Diversity Committee, in conjunction with the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Diversity and Inclusion, hosts a series of lunchtime discussions to facilitate comfortable dialogue about diversity and inclusion. Lunch and Learn invites students and other members of the campus community to talk openly but respectfully about complex issues that impact their … Continued