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

Monday, March 14, Writers in the Library hosts Gerald Nicosia, author of Memory Babe, the definitive biography of Jack Kerouac and Home to War, a history of the Vietnam Veterans movement. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium and is free and open to the public. In 1951, Jack Kerouac … Continued

Join us Monday, March 7 for an evening of poetry with Charles Wright, to be held at the University Club at 7 p.m. Wright, a Pulitzer prize-winning poet and current professor of English at the University of Virginia, was born in Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, and grew up in Kingsport. After earning a degree in history … Continued

Authors from the new Knoxville Bound anthology will read at Writers in the Library on Monday, February 21 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Just over a year ago, Knoxville author Judy Loest heard a story on NPR about French Quarter Fiction, a new anthology made up entirely of … Continued

Three poetesses to slam, perform verse Ah, l’amour. Maybe not so much. Who needs romantic candlelight when you can have chocolate and poetry? Writers in the Library will feature three local poets, Marilyn Kallet, Kali Meister and Julia Nance, who will perform their verse on Monday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young … Continued

Noted author Elizabeth Gilbert will read at Writers in the Library on Monday, January 31 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public. Gilbert has written creative nonfiction for Spin, Esquire and Harper’s, as well as short stories and … Continued

Elizabeth Gilbert will satisfy both lovers of fiction, nonfiction Writers in the Library continues its Spring series with readings by Elizabeth Gilbert, current Writer-in-Residence in the English Dept., Monday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Gilbert has written creative nonfiction for Spin, … Continued

Phil Cousineau shares his expertise in myth, spirituality Writers in the Library will begin its 2005 season with author Phil Cousineau Monday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of Hodges Library. The event is free and open to the public. In addition to reading from his works, Cousineau will discuss the … Continued

Series will feature fiction and poetry Writers in the Library presents its last reading of the semester featuring Abe Gaustad and Jesse Graves, doctoral students from the Creative Writing program, on Monday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium. The reading is free and open to the public. Gaustad, a fiction writer, … Continued

The Writers in the Library series continues November 8 at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium with featured authors from Migrants and Stowaways, the new anthology from the Knoxville Writers Guild. From bicycle trips through Europe to breaking the law in Kentucky to emotional rights of passage, the collection includes poetry, stories, essays, memoirs, … Continued