Author MariJo Moore will read at Writers in the Library on Monday, February 11, at 7 pm in the Hodges Library auditorium. Moore wears several literary hats — author, editor, publisher. A North Carolina resident of Cherokee, Irish and Dutch ancestry, she channels the voices of her Native American ancestors through several genres — fiction, … Continued
John McManus, visiting writer in the UT Creative Writing Program this spring, will read at Writers in the Library, Monday, January 28, 7 pm, in the Hodges Library auditorium. John McManus is the author of a novel, Bitter Milk, and two collections of short fiction, Born on a Train and Stop Breakin Down, which made … Continued
Singer and songwriter Scott Miller opens the spring semester slate of Writers in the Library at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on January 14. Writers in the Library is sponsored by the University of Tennessee Libraries and the Creative Writing Program in the UT Department of English. The series brings various writers to campus throughout … Continued
Poet, songwriter, and musician David Philips has deep roots in Knoxville and East Tennessee. He has been entertaining local audiences since the late 1970s, sometimes with a band of friends dubbed The Selective Memories, with music, poetry, and performance art. Philips was in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, ground zero, when Katrina hit on August 29, … Continued
The author, illustrator and publisher of the new children’s book Jack the Healing Cat will discuss the creative process of book publishing at Writers in the Library on Monday, November 19 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of Hodges Library. The event is free and open to the public. Jack the Healing Cat … Continued
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 … Continued
Michelle Boisseau to Read Monday, October 29 at 7 pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library Michelle Boisseau is the author of three volumes of poetry, Trembling Air, University of Arkansas Press, Understory, Northeastern University Press, and No Private Life, Vanderbilt University Press, which also won the Morse Prize. Her popular volume Writing Poetry, … Continued
Wendy Brenner to Read Monday, October 1 at 7 pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library Wendy Brenner is the author of the story collections Phone Calls From The Dead and Large Animals In Everyday Life, which won the Flannery O’Connor Award. Her stories and essays have appeared in Seventeen, Allure, Travel & Leisure, … Continued
Barbara Bogue presents Writers are Critics Too–James Lee Burke and the Soul of Dave Robicheaux Poet, author, critic and community activist Barbara Zimmerman Bogue will present Writers are Critics Too: James Lee Burke and the Soul of Dave Robicheaux on Monday, September 24 at 7 pm in the Hodges Library Auditorium. The event is free … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries is pleased to announce that Knoxville poet and musician RB Morris will continue as the Jack E. Reese Writer in Residence for the 2007-2008 academic year. Morris has served the libraries as writer in residence since 2004. In that time he has worked tirelessly to build the Writers in the … Continued