Melissa Range will read from her poetry at Writers in the Library, 7 p.m., Monday, November 7, in UT’s Hodges Library auditorium. Melissa Range’s first book of poems, Horse and Rider, Texas Tech University Press, won the 2010 Walt McDonald First-Book Series Prize in Poetry. She has published in The Georgia Review, The Hudson Review, … Continued

Poet Blas Falconer will read his work at Writers in the Library on Monday, October 24, 7 p.m. at the UT Hodges Library Auditorium. The reading is free and open to the public. In his latest book of poems, A Question of Gravity and Light, Falconer uses the metaphor of “crossings” to tie together poems … Continued

Novelist Amy Greene will read at Writers in the Library on Monday, October 17, at 7 p.m., in the University of Tennessee’s John C. Hodges Library Auditorium. Her debut novel, Bloodroot, a family saga set in the Smoky Mountains, has been called a “spot-on account of a land and its people — with its old-fashioned … Continued

Writers in the Library will feature poetry with a French flavor on Wednesday, October 5. Poets reading from their works at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium on the UT campus will include J. Bradford Anderson, Darren Jackson, Marilyn Kallet, and Rose Becallo Raney. A mystery guest will open the show. Following the readings, … Continued

National Book Award winner Terrance Hayes will delight Knoxville audiences with his poetry on Wednesday, September 21, 7 p.m., in the Hodges Library Auditorium. Hayes is known for his jazz-blues-infused urban riffs, for his agile and elegant verses, especially in Lighthead, which was honored by the National Book Award for Poetry in 2010. Hayes will … Continued

Avid readers and music lovers alike will enjoy the first evening of WRITERS IN THE LIBRARY on the University of Tennessee campus. The fall series of writers reading from their works opens with a reading and musical performance by Jim Clark. Jim Clark — poet/author, musician, songwriter extraordinaire — will read and perform Monday, September … Continued

The UT Creative Writing Program announces the winners of its yearly writing contests for students. The 2011 contest winners will read from their award-winning works at an event sponsored by the Creative Writing Program and Writers in the Library. The reading will take place on Tuesday, April 19, at 7 pm in 1210 McClung Tower. … Continued

Poet/writer Jane Sasser will read from her work at Writers in the Library on Monday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in UT’s Hodges Library Auditorium. Sasser has published dozens of poems in periodicals such as the North American Review, Atlanta Review, Appalachian Heritage, The Sow’s Ear — and even the Journal of the American Medical … Continued

Jeff Daniel Marion will receive the James Still Award for Writing about the Appalachian South from the Fellowship of Southern Writers during the Chattanooga Arts & Education Council’s (AEC) Conference on Southern Literature, April 14-16. Marion is the Jack E. Reese Writer-in-Residence at the University of Tennessee Libraries. Jeff Daniel Marion has published eight poetry … Continued

Writers in the Library will host a reading by poet Bobby Caudle Rogers at 7 p.m., Monday, April 4, in UT’s Hodges Library auditorium. Bobby C. Rogers won the 2009 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize — one of America’ s most distinguished awards for a first book of poetry — for his collection Paper Anniversary. … Continued