Series begins with singer-songwriter poets Ron and Sarah Elizabeth Whitehead Writers in the Library begins its 6th season this year with a performance by authors and singer-songwriting couple Ron and Sarah Elizabeth Whitehead. The first event of the season will be held on Monday, September 19 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of … Continued
Final Writers in the Library features creative writing students on April 25 Students in UT’s Creative Writing Program compete annually for the John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Prizes in fiction and poetry. Winners will be announced April 12 and will read from their award-winning works at the final WRITERS IN THE LIBRARY event of the … Continued
Featuring poet & printmaker Kevin Bradley on April 4 Kevin Bradley, talented poet, printmaker and co-owner of Yee-Haw Industries, will be the featured author at the April 4 WRITERS IN THE LIBRARY event. Bradley will read his poems and talk about the process of hand-printing giant versions of the poems on a letterpress. Some of … Continued
Featuring poet & printmaker Kevin Bradley on April 4 Kevin Bradley, talented poet, printmaker and co-owner of Yee-Haw Industries, will be the featured author at the April 4 WRITERS IN THE LIBRARY event. Bradley will read his poems and talk about the process of hand-printing giant versions of the poems on a letterpress. Some of … Continued
Monday, March 14, Writers in the Library hosts Gerald Nicosia, author of Memory Babe, the definitive biography of Jack Kerouac and Home to War, a history of the Vietnam Veterans movement. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium and is free and open to the public. In 1951, Jack Kerouac … Continued
Join us Monday, March 7 for an evening of poetry with Charles Wright, to be held at the University Club at 7 p.m. Wright, a Pulitzer prize-winning poet and current professor of English at the University of Virginia, was born in Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, and grew up in Kingsport. After earning a degree in history … Continued
Authors from the new Knoxville Bound anthology will read at Writers in the Library on Monday, February 21 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Just over a year ago, Knoxville author Judy Loest heard a story on NPR about French Quarter Fiction, a new anthology made up entirely of … Continued
Three poetesses to slam, perform verse Ah, l’amour. Maybe not so much. Who needs romantic candlelight when you can have chocolate and poetry? Writers in the Library will feature three local poets, Marilyn Kallet, Kali Meister and Julia Nance, who will perform their verse on Monday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young … Continued
Noted author Elizabeth Gilbert will read at Writers in the Library on Monday, January 31 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public. Gilbert has written creative nonfiction for Spin, Esquire and Harper’s, as well as short stories and … Continued
Elizabeth Gilbert will satisfy both lovers of fiction, nonfiction Writers in the Library continues its Spring series with readings by Elizabeth Gilbert, current Writer-in-Residence in the English Dept., Monday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Gilbert has written creative nonfiction for Spin, … Continued