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

April 23 is an important day in literature: in 1616, both William Shakespeare and Miguel Cervantes died on that date. In 1995 the United Nations named April 23 as World Book Day, and throughout the world the day is set aside to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. To celebrate … Continued

Writers in the Library features award-winning creative writing students on April 16 Students in UT’s Creative Writing Program compete annually for the John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Prizes in fiction and poetry. This year’s award-winning students will read at Writers in the Library at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 16, in the John C. Hodges … Continued

Rocker poet to read March 26 At nearly seven feet tall, Keith Flynn’s mere presence commands a room. And with poetry as passionate and energetic as Jerry Lee Lewis’s piano playing, his reading at Writers in the Library on March 26th is an event that should not be missed. The reading will begin at 7 … Continued