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October 28, 2007
Writers in the Library: RB Morris, November 12
Writers in the Library presents RB Morris, the University of Tennessee Libraries Jack E. Reese writer in residence on Monday, November 12 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of Hodges Library. The event is free and open to the public.
Morris will read his essay from The Naked Lunch at 50, an anthology published in honor of the 50th anniversary of William S. Burrough's seminal work.
The Naked Lunch, first published in Paris in 1959, was extremely controversial in both its subject matter and obscene language. Banned in many regions of the United States, The Naked Lunch was the last major literary censorship battle in the U.S. court system, wherein the Appeals Court of Massachusetts found that the book did not violate obscenity statues.
The Naked Lunch is a satire and social criticism of America's consumerist post World War II society. The book is written in a non-linear, non-chronological style, where Burroughs sliced phrases and words to create new sentences.
The Naked Lunch at 50, edited by Oliver Harris and Ian MacFayden will be published by the Southern Illinois University Press, forthcoming 2009.
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 jdeeken@utk.edu, or R.B. Morris, Jack E. Reese writer in residence, UT Libraries, at 974-3004 or rbmorris@utk.edu.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 08:51 PM in Writers in the Library
October 27, 2007
Medieval and Renaissance Exhibit Opens at Special Collections Library
"Scribes, Scholars and Students," a new Special Collections exhibit, opens on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007, at 3:00 pm in the Special Collections lobby located on the second floor of the historic James D. Hoskins Library. Light refreshments will be served.
As part of the university's Medieval and Renaissance Semester, the "Scribes, Scholars, and Students" exhibit explores the interconnected themes of "Early Print Culture and the Written Word at the University of Tennessee," "The Preservation of Knowledge and the University Libraries," "The Contributions of Professor James Douglas Bruce," and "Medieval and Renaissance Resources in Special Collections." The exhibit is free and open to the public from October 2007 to May 2008, Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm.
Contact info: Aaron Purcell, apurcel2@utk.edu.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 11:06 AM in Exhibits
October 26, 2007
Calling All Student Artists: Show off your talent at the Libraries
UT Libraries seeks submissions to the Spring Student Art in the Library exhibition. Entrants must be registered graduate or undergraduate students. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, Nov 7. Selected artwork will be installed in December and remain on view through May 2008 in first floor reference room, Hodges Library.
For more info, contact Jennifer Beals at 974-0014 or jbeals@utk.edu or visit http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/artinlibrary
Posted by at 04:36 PM in Announcements
Library Workshops this week
Thursday, November 1
2:00 PM - Understanding Plagiarism
Posted by Laura Purcell at 03:05 PM in Workshops
October 25, 2007
Women Writers from Brazil to speak at Hodges Library November 1
Two notable women writers from Brazil will speak at Hodges Library on Thursday, November 1 at 5 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
MIRIAM ALVES is the leading Afro-Brazilian female poet of today. Her perspective on the black female experience has been published in Portuguese, English, and German. Her writing adds to debates on race, class and gender in Brazil, providing a much needed space for narrating social and cultural problems. Alves is currently Writer in Residence at the University of New Mexico.
MARIA DA CONCEIÇÃO EVARISTO is the leading female Afro-Brazilian writer of consciousness and collaborates with Criola, the leading black women's NGO in Rio de Janeiro. A teacher by profession, her militancy is most evident in community associations, mentoring, teaching, and publishing. She is working on a Doctorate in Comparative Literature at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro. She is in the United States as a guest of Host Publications to launch the English version of her first novel, Ponciá Vicêncio.
Both writers are contributors to the Cadernos Negros literary series.
A reception will follow the reading in the Mary E. Greer room on the second floor of Hodges Library, near the Melrose entrance. The event is sponsored by Ready for the World, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Africana Studies, and the University Libraries.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 04:14 PM in Events
October 01, 2007
LGBT History Month Events
In recognition of LGBT History Month, the UT Commission for LGBT People will be hosting a series of events throughout October.
On Wednesday, October 3, at 6:30 pm in Lindsay Young Auditorium, the UT Commission for LGBT People will host a viewing of Before Stonewall, a documentary examining the struggles and history of the LGBT community up until the Stonewall riots of 1969.
On October 24, the Commission will host a viewing of After Stonewall, the sequel that traces the development of the LGBT community since 1969.
Also, on October 9 at noon in UC 220, the Commission will host a lecture by UTK psychology professor Dr. Dawn Szymanski.
For more information on the Commission and further events in October visit http://lgbt.utk.edu
Posted by at 09:18 AM in Events