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February 18, 2006
Knoxville Poets to Read at Writers in the Library March 13
Two poets with Knoxville roots, Charles Morris and Marianne Worthington, will read from their works on Monday, March 13 at Writers in the Library.
The reading begins at 7 PM and is free and open to the public.
Marianne Worthington was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, and has lived in southeastern Kentucky since 1990, where she is Associate Professor of Communication Arts at Cumberland College in Williamsburg. She is a creative writing instructor for the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts and the Reviews Editor for Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine. Her writing has appeared widely in such journals as Shenandoah, Wind, and The Louisville Review. "On Broadway," her essay about growing up in Fountain City, was included in the literary anthology Knoxville Bound. Her poetry chapbook, Larger Bodies Than Mine, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in 2006.
Charles Morris was born in Oak Ridge and raised in Knoxville. A local poet and songwriter, he describes himself as "a student of Rimbaud, a friend of Homer." His book of poetry, A Pocket for the Sea, was published by Armadillo Poetry Press in 1998. He has also co-authored a number of songs with his brother RB Morris, including "Distillery" on the album Zeke and the Wheel.
"Both these writers, Charles Morris and Marianne Worthington, bring a different perspective and style to the local poetry scene," RB Morris, Jack Reese Writer in Residence at UT Libraries, said. "Their work has probably traveled more outside the local area than it has within. All of Knoxville, as well as UT students, should check it out."
The Writers in the Library series is sponsored by the University of Tennessee Libraries and the Creative Writing Program of the UT English Department. For further information, please contact Jo Anne Deeken, Head of Technical Services, UT Libraries, at 974-6905 or deeken@aztec.lib.utk.edu, or R.B. Morris, Jack Reese Writer in Residence, UT Libraries, at 974-3004 or rbmorris@utk.edu.
Posted by at 12:46 PM in Writers in the Library
February 17, 2006
"Love Your Libraries" 5K Run and Fun Walk, February 25
Race held earlier this year due to UT Men?s Basketball Game
The UT Graduate Student Senate continues their tradition of raising funds for the UT Libraries with the 14th annual "Love Your Libraries" 5K run and one-mile fun walk through the heart of the UT campus.
The race will occur on Saturday, February 25th. Race start time is 8:30 AM this year, due to the UT Men's Basketball game scheduled for that afternoon.
Monies raised by the race are used to purchase library materials that are crucial to student research and will help build the UT Libraries' digital collections.
Registration is 7:00-8:00 am in Circle Park. Interested participants can pre-register with a form available online at www.lib.utk.edu/funrun/. Registration is $15.
Send the completed form and a check made payable to "GSS Fun Run " to GSS Fun Run, 315E University Center, 1502 West Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-4800.
The race is sanctioned and emceed by the Knoxville Track Club. An awards ceremony will follow the race; awards will be given to the top three runners overall, 1st Masters (40+) and 1st Grand Masters (50+), male and female -- as well as awards given by age and gender. T-shirts are guaranteed to all pre-registered runners.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 12:05 PM in Press Releases
February 06, 2006
UT Libraries Celebrates Student Employees
Student Library Assistants are The Heart of the Libraries
To thank Student Library Assistants (SLAs) for their hard work and dedicated service, the UT Libraries is hosting its fourth Student Appreciation Celebration. The event's theme this year is "You are the Heart of the Libraries."
"This year's theme was chosen because the event is scheduled so close to Valentine's Day, but also because of the genuine appreciation that we have for our students," Mark Puente, Minority Librarian Resident and one of the event's organizers, said. "It really is an appropriate theme, because SLAs contribute significantly to both the operations and the spirit of the libraries," Puente said.
The UT Libraries employs nearly 150 SLAs, which means that support from students makes up nearly 45% of the libraries' workforce. Students perform many essential services, on the front lines by staffing service desks and helping patrons, and behind the scenes by organizing collections and updating library media.
Nine students who have worked in the libraries for two or more years will earn a special recognition. A book from the libraries' collection bookplated in their honor. The libraries are pleased to commemorate the students' service with this lasting tribute.
The event will occur on Thursday, February 16th from 2:30-4:00 pm in the Staff Lounge of Hodges Library.
Students interested in working at the UT Libraries can find job postings outside the Personnel and Procurement office, room 630 of Hodges Library, or by visiting their Web site.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 09:17 AM in Good News
February 02, 2006
Celebrate Language, Love and Poetry at Writers in the Library, Monday, February 13th
The romance of celebrity and the comforts of home reign at the UT Libraries this Valentine's Eve with a night of poetry at Writers in the Library. Poets Joseph Campana and Jesse Graves will read from their works on Monday, February 13th at 7 PM in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of Hodges Library. All Writers in the Library events are free and open to the public.
Joseph Campana grew up in the foothills of the Adirondack mountains. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Beloit Poetry Journal, New England Review, Conjunctions, Gulf Coast, and Colorado Review and are forthcoming in Triquarterly, Prairie Schooner and Michigan Quarterly Review. His first collection, The Book of Faces, is a poetic iconography of Audrey Hepburn published by Graywolf Press (2005). Campana currently teaches Renaissance literature and creative writing at Kenyon College in Gambier, OH.
Where are you tonight, Audrey Hepburn?
The stalls are empty, the boys are gone.
No one kneels at the feet of beauty.
A limp film slickens in the wind:
flaps on a wheel of fire.
--from the poem "Final Cut" by Joseph Campana
Jesse Graves was born and raised in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, a farming community north of Knoxville, which has been the subject of much of his work and study. Jesse is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English at the University of Tennessee, where he won the 2004 John C. Hodges Graduate Poetry Award and the 2005 James Agee Conference Award in Poetry. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Cornell University, and has taught literature and writing at Cornell, University of New Orleans, and U.T. His poems are forthcoming in New Millennium Writings and Crossroads: A Southern Culture Annual.
The dead move through us at their will, their voices chime just out of our hearing.
How else do we feel our names when no one speaks them?
How else do we still catch the echo of footprints decades after running through the grass?
Alone in the field, and never alone. Quiet and not quiet.
Home and away.--from the poem, "Tennessee Landscape, with Blighted Pine" by Jesse Graves
For more details about Writers in the Library, visit their Web site.
All Writers in the Library events are held on Mondays at 7 PM in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library on the UT Campus. Other Writers in the Library events for Spring 2006 include Marianne Worthington and Charles Morris on March 13, John Wranovics on April 17 and student winners from the UT Creative Writing Program on April 24.
The Writers in the Library series is sponsored by the University of Tennessee Libraries and the Creative Writing Program of the UT English Department. For further information, please contact Jo Anne Deeken, Head of Technical Services, UT Libraries, at 974-6905 or deeken@aztec.lib.utk.edu, or R.B. Morris, Jack Reese Writer in Residence, UT Libraries, at 974-3004 or rbmorris@utk.edu.
Posted by at 01:50 PM in Press Releases, Writers in the Library
Libraries' Culture Corner Features Gay and Lesbian Themes
Topics relating to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons (GLBTQ), as well as those questioning their sexual orientation, are featured this semester at the UT Libraries' Culture Corner.
Titles on GLBTQ history, family and parenting, coming out, education, employment, civil rights, and other topics are available for browsing or checkout.
"We chose this topic because we felt there was a need to show that there is more to GLBTQ culture than what we are often shown on tv or the stereotypes that are becoming all too common," Kawanna Bright, instructional services librarian and Culture Corner curator, said.
Each semester, the Culture Corner showcases books from the libraries' collections that focuses on a theme related to diversity.
Located just outside the Reference room on the first floor of the John C. Hodges Library, the Culture Corner is a cozy nook that has become a popular study area and meeting place.
For links to relevant web sites and bibliographies on related topics, visit www.lib.utk.edu/diversity/culturecorner/.
The Culture Corner is a project of the UT Libraries' Diversity Committee.
Posted by at 01:34 PM in Press Releases