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

Award winning author Leanne Tyler will read from her work 7 p.m., Monday, February 8, in the Hodges Library Auditorium. Tyler’s debut release, Victory’s Gate, was the 2007 American Rose winner of the Through the Garden Gate contest and was released electronically by The Wild Rose Press in December 2007. Finally in December 2009 the … Continued

Distinguished poet Hilda Raz will read from her works Monday, October 26, at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium. Hilda Raz is the Luschei editor of Prairie Schooner, and professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her most recent books are All Odd and Splendid, poetry from Wesleyan … Continued

Students in UT’s Creative Writing Program compete annually for the John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Prizes in fiction and poetry. Winners will read from their award-winning works at Writers in the Library, Monday, April 13, at 7 pm in the Hodges Library auditorium. The prizes were endowed by the same long-time UT English professor, author … Continued