Literature Senior Reception

Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 8th, there will be a reception in honor of the Literature department's December graduates. Graduates and their guests are invited to join faculty in the Laurel Forum from 4:00 - 6:00.

Call for Undergraduate Abstracts and/or Papers

Undergraduate Research Conference

February 19-20 2010.

Call for abstracts and/or papers demonstrating original undergraduate research. For more information about the conference visit http://www.coker.edu/humanities/humanities/index.html

Alumni Reception photos

Friday, November 15th was the Literature Alumni Reception, held in the Laurel Forum.

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Thank you to everyone who attended!

Congratulations to Koren Bakkegard!

Congratulations to alum Koren Bakkegard, who recently had a baby! Koren graduated from UNCA in 1996 and now works at Stanford University.

Poe in the Library

Poe in the Library
Thursday, October 29 12:30pm Ramsey Library Special Collections

Students and staff will read poetry and prose by E.A. Poe, master of the macabre. The program will take place in Ramsey Library Special Collections Room (RL 205) suitably darkened, and accompanied by all the appropriate sound effects. Join us for a haunting experience.

The Black Cat & Other Music inspired by works of Edgar Allan Poe
Friday, October 30 7:00pm Lipinsky Hall

International award winning composer Nathan Shirley presents his original, dark, melodic, and brutally virtuosic compositions based on works written by Poe. Performed on piano by the composer, with Dr. David Hopes (narration) and Jennifer Park (voice), among others.

This will be the world premier performance of the following original compositions:

The Black Cat
piano solo with dramatic reading of the story by Dr. David Hopes
(Contains disturbing content which may not be suitable for some)
The Lake
Poe's poem set to music for piano & voice, sung by Jenifer Park
Annabel Lee
piano & violin solo with string quintet and reading of the poem by Dr. David Hopes
(Annabel Lee will receive its European premier later this year by the London Schubert Players)

More information on the composer: www.nathanshirley.org
Sponsored by Ramsey Library and the UNC Asheville Literature Department.

Reading Poe
October 26-30 Ramsey Library

Display of Books by Edgar Allan Poe and Books about Edgar Allan Poe.

Katherine Min reading, 10/25/2009, 1:00 pm

On October 25, 2009, Katherine Min will be doing a reading at Malaprops Bookstore and Cafe in Downtown Asheville. She will be reading for the Long Story Short anthology of flash fiction.

C.A. Conrad reading, October 21, 7:30 pm

Poet C.A. Conrad will be giving a reading at the Glasshouse (beside Ramsey Library) at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, October 21. The reading is sponsored by the UNCA Literature Club.

Headwaters Creative Arts Magazine accepting submissions

The Literature and Language department's literary magazine, Headwaters, is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and visual art through December 10th. Email submissions to headwaters.magazine@gmail.com.

Upcoming local readings

A couple of readings in the Asheville area that may be of interest to students:

• Natasha Trethewey will be giving a reading on October 29th at 8:00 pm at Possano Cafe in on Biltmore Avenue. She author of Native Guard (2006), Bellocq's Ophelia (2002), and Domestic Work (2000), and winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
  



• Barbara Kingsolver will be giving a reading on November 2nd at Malaprops bookstore and cafe at 7:00 pm. A ticket is free with the purchase of her new book, The Lacuna. Her first novel, The Bean Trees, was published in 1988; her 1998 novel The Poisonwood Bible was a bestseller that won the National Book Prize of South Africa, was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection. In 2000, Kingsolver was awarded the National Humanities Medal by U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Jeff Rackam Award

The Literature department has set up an award in memory of the late Jeff Rackham for the top Literature major with a teacher licensure concentration called the Jeff Rackham award. Donations are currently being accepted for the spring award.