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

Jesmyn Ward will read from her work at Writers in the Library, 7 p.m., Tuesday, January 25, in UT’s Hodges Library auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Ward’s debut novel, Where the Line Bleeds, tells the story of twin brothers Joshua and Christophe, who take very different paths as they embark … Continued

Award-winning Georgia writer Dana Wildsmith will continue this year’s series of authors reading from their works in UT’s Hodges Library. Wildsmith will read from her poems and essays at the university’s Writers in the Library event, 7 p.m., Monday, November 1, in the library auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Wildsmith … Continued

The Writers in the Library reading by poet Suzanne Cleary, originally scheduled for October 25, has been CANCELLED. Writers in the Library will attempt to reschedule her reading at a future date. Watch www.lib.utk.edu/writersinthelibrary/ for scheduled readings.

Poet, novelist and essayist Marge Piercy will read her poems and chat with the public next week in Knoxville. Piercy will read from her work The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems of Ritual and Remembrance, at Temple Beth El of Knoxville, 3037 Kingston Pike, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17. On Monday, Oct. … Continued

Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the current Poet Laureate of Virginia, will read from her work at Writers in the Library, 7 p.m., Monday, September 27, in UT’s Hodges Library auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. A reception in the Mary E. Greer Room (258 Hodges Library) will follow the … Continued

Writers Andrew Farkas and M.O. Walsh will open the year’s series of authors reading from their works in UT’s John C. Hodges Library. Farkas and Walsh will read from their recently published collections of short stories at 7 p.m., Monday, September 13, in the Hodges Library auditorium. Books will be available for purchase and signing. … Continued