Two poets with Knoxville roots, Charles Morris and Marianne Worthington, will read from their works on Monday, March 13 at Writers in the Library. The reading begins at 7 PM and is free and open to the public. Marianne Worthington was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, and has lived in southeastern Kentucky since 1990, … Continued

Country rock musician Steve Earle will display some of his alternate talents — writer, poet, playwright — as the first reader in the spring Writers in the Library series. Earle will entertain us at 7pm on Monday, January 30, 2006, in the Hodges Library auditorium on the University of Tennessee campus.

Award-winning Tennessee poets Jeff Hardin and Charlotte Pence to read on Monday, October 17 Tennessee poets Jeff Hardin and Charlotte Pence will read their works at Writers in the Library on Monday, October 17 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library. The event is free and open to … Continued

Knoxville Author Jack Rentfro will speak at the final Writers in the Library event for 2005 on Monday, December 5. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library and is free and open to the public. Rentfro is editor and author of Cumberland Avenue Revisited: … Continued

RB Morris, UT Libraries’ Jack Reese Writer in Residence, will perform as part of the Writers in the Library series on November 7. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library and is free and open to the public. Morris began his tenure as writer … Continued

Libraries honored to remember Reese as artist, teacher and library supporter When UT Libraries Writer in Residence RB Morris introduces the first reading of Writers in the Library this year, he’ll have a new title: the Jack E. Reese Writer in Residence. Former UT Chancellor Jack E. Reese was an active supporter of the UT … Continued

Series begins with singer-songwriter poets Ron and Sarah Elizabeth Whitehead Writers in the Library begins its 6th season this year with a performance by authors and singer-songwriting couple Ron and Sarah Elizabeth Whitehead. The first event of the season will be held on Monday, September 19 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of … Continued

Final Writers in the Library features creative writing students on April 25 Students in UT’s Creative Writing Program compete annually for the John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Prizes in fiction and poetry. Winners will be announced April 12 and will read from their award-winning works at the final WRITERS IN THE LIBRARY event of the … Continued

Featuring poet & printmaker Kevin Bradley on April 4 Kevin Bradley, talented poet, printmaker and co-owner of Yee-Haw Industries, will be the featured author at the April 4 WRITERS IN THE LIBRARY event. Bradley will read his poems and talk about the process of hand-printing giant versions of the poems on a letterpress. Some of … Continued