Framing Ferguson: A Panel and Audience Discussion

Poet Sally Wen Mao Reads April 24 Poet Sally Wen Mao treats words like clay.  She molds them into new ideas, even as they retain their  original meaning. Language is shaped and adapted in her hands.  She also plays with a variety of forms, including field notes, and travelogues. The results are original, ironic and…

We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new Digital Humanities Institute, co-founded and co-directed by Alexa Alice Joubin and Jonathan Hsy. The inaugural Digital Humanities Institute lecture will be delivered by Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, whose work on data-mining and literary analysis will provide an entry point into a discussion…

On Thursday, October 28, a herd of anxious attendees–students, professors, the book-selling rep–heralded yet another successful reading in the fall JMM Reading Series. At 7:51 pm the doors remained locked; I (perhaps peevishly) took pleasure in each arriving individual, for they approached the shut doors and the unrelenting deadbolt with a fervor I found refreshing….

Don’t miss the next event in our Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series: Kiese Laymon who will present this Thursday, at 7:30 PM, in the Marvin Center Amphitheater.  Laymon is the author of the novel, Long Division, and a collection of essays entitled, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. He is Associate Professor of…

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From October 10-October 14, Professor Stacy Alaimo will be this year’s Wang Distinguished Professor in Residence.   Professor Stacy Alaimo Wang Professor in Residence, October 2016 Stacy Alaimo is Professor of English and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she established and directed a cross-disciplinary minor in environmental studies. Alaimo’s…