Tennessee has now made its first contribution to a national electronic database of historical newspapers, thanks to a federal grant. The Tennessee Digital Newspaper Project (TDNP) is a joint effort between the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA), funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), … 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
Thanks to Comcast and the UT Graduate Student Senate for hosting another successful Love Your Libraries Fun Run. 177 runners and walkers participated in the Fun Run through the heart of the UT campus on March 5. This is the third year that Comcast has been the title sponsor for the Fun Run and the … Continued
Writers in the Library will host a fiction reading by Kevin Wilson at 7 p.m., Monday, February 14, in UT’s Hodges Library auditorium. There will also be an informal Q&A with the author and literary agent Julie Barer on February 14 at 3 p.m. in 1210-11 McClung Tower. Wilson is the author of the short … Continued
Fans of fiction and poetry will have plenty of opportunities to indulge their passion this spring. UT ‘s John C. Hodges Library will be the site of numerous events featuring authors reading from their works. Still to come in the Writers in the Library series of readings are: • poets Pamela Uschuk and William Pitt … Continued
Husband and wife poets William Pitt Root and Pamela Uschuk will be the featured authors at the next Writers in the Library. Uschuk is the Hodges Visiting Writer in the UT English department this semester. Root is a distinguished poet with a long literary career. The poets will read from their works on Monday, February … Continued
Visit the Libraries’ Student Art in the Library juried exhibition, now on display in 135 Hodges Library. (Two additional works are on display at the Music Library, G62-65 Humanities Bldg.) Artworks include paintings, drawings, photographs, and prints, each the work of a UT student. The winning pieces were selected by a committee of library staff. … Continued