Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Upcoming Events Preview

• N. C. Poet Laureate Cathy Smith Bowers, Tuesday, Nov. 2, Humanities Lecture Hall
• The Oulipo Conference, sponsored jointly by the Math Department and Literature and Language’s Creative Writing Program, will be held on Nov. 19 and 20. Oulipo: Ouvroir de littérature potentielle (roughly translated: "workshop of potential literature") is a loose gathering of writers and mathematicians which seeks to create new literary works and transform existing literary works using constrained writing techniques.
o Opening Event: Friday night, Nov. 19: Lee Ann Brown and other poets

• Creative Writing Senior Readings: Sundays, Nov. 14 and 21, afternoon, Laurel Forum

• The Philological Association of the Carolinas will hold their annual meeting on the campus of UNC Asheville in March 2011.

Fall 2010 Assistant/Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition

The Department of Literature and Language seeks applicants for a tenure-track assistant or associate professor of rhetoric and composition beginning August 2011. Ph.D. in rhetoric and composition or Ph.D. in related field with comparable administrative and/or classroom experience required. The candidate will be expected to teach composition courses regularly within the department. Background in teaching secondary English and training in linguistics considered a plus. Candidates with secondary areas of teaching and research specialization in composition and identity, rhetoric and gender, ethnic rhetorics, rhetoric and race, rhetoric and ethnic/minority literatures, rhetoric and global literatures, writing and disability, and related fields are strongly encouraged to apply. We invite an interdisciplinary background that would enable active participation in other programs across campus, such the writing-intensive program. Ideally, the candidate would also be prepared to teach in Humanities, but could also potentially contribute to Africana Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Honors, or in our Integrative Liberal Studies program, the University’s interdisciplinary liberal arts program required of all its undergraduates. UNC Asheville is the designated public liberal arts university in the North Carolina system and boasts a dynamic interdisciplinary writing culture in one of the most livable regions in the country. UNC Asheville is committed to diversity, and women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Application procedure: Send cover letter, vita, teaching philosophy, and three reference letters to Dr. Lorena Russell, Chair, Dept. of Literature & Language, CPO #2130, University of North Carolina at Asheville, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804. Deadline October 22nd. Email inquiries to Dawn McCann, Dept. Assistant, dmccann@unca.edu.

Tabor Interview

Emily Warn Interview

Richard McCann Interview

Jacob Riley Recipient of 2010 Manly E. Wright Valedictorian Award

Literature major Jacob Riley was named recipient of the Manly E. Wright Award, which is presented to the student first in scholarship. Jacob graduated with Latin honors (Summa Cum Laude), departmental distinction, distinction as a University Research Scholar, and distinction as a University Scholar. He plays a mean mandolin as well. In the fall Jacob will attend graduate school at the University of Florida. We will miss Jake and wish him all the best in his future career.

Sustaining Traditions:

North Carolina Folklore Society 2010 Annual Meeting. A celebration of Western North Carolina folklife in the 21st century. March 27th, 2010 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. in the UNCA Owen Conference Center. For more information: www.ncfolkloresociety.org

The Power of Words by Brian Hart

Our Student Brian Hart has a piece called The Power of Words in the latest issue of the Great Smokies Review. http://www.thegreatsmokiesreview.org/

Good news!

Alum Mike Farrell has been accepted into University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s school of information and library science. Congratulations Mike!

Pamela Cooper events

Pamela Cooper: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Graduate Studies in English But Were Afraid to Ask, Thursday, February 24th at 12:15 pm in Karpen Hall 221.

and "A Match burning in a Crocus": Joy and Ecstacy in Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, Friday, February 25th at 4:00 in the Laurel Forum.