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.

Lit Club Bi-Annual All-Night Read-A-Thon, Novel Criticism Reading Group

From the Literature Club:

Please remember us this Friday night. We'll be in the Laurel Forum, eating free S'mores over a fire, drinking coffee and tea, curled up in blankets on couches in pajamas, reading a Murakami novel (After Dark) aloud from cover to cover. The bi-annual All-Night Read-A-Thon starts at 8pm.

Also, our esteemed colleague Jacob Riley is forming a discussion group on the topic of novel criticism. There is no set time yet, but he's considering Friday afternoons. Two essays this group will discuss: Northrop Frye's "Anatomy of Criticism" and Wayne C. Booth's "Rhetoric of Fiction." Remember please that a working knowledge of theoretical approaches is absolutely essential for graduate study in English Literature. Please remember that our school rarely incorporates contemporary theory into our curriculum, though we do touch base with Plato and Aristotle. Email Jacob at jtriley@unca.edu for more information on the group.

Thursday January 28th @ 7pm @ Malaprop's

WHAT WE WISH WE'D KNOWN THEN....

Please join UNCA professors, novelists Cynn Chadwick, Katherine Min, and poet Holly Iglesias for a lively conversation and Q&A about writing, publishing, and marketing in today's radically shifting publishing world. Book signings to follow.

Cynn Chadwick is the author of Cat Rising, Girls With Hammers, Babies, Bikes, & Broads, and the soon to be released Angels and Manners.

Katherine Min is the author of Second Hand World, and the upcoming The Fetishist.

Holly Iglesias is the author of Souvenirs of a Shrunken World, Boxing Inside the Box: Women's Prose Poetry, and the upcoming Angles of Approach.

Spring 2010 Creative Writing Readings

Following is a compilation of readings sponsored by The Creative Writing Program at UNC Asheville, The Great Smokies Writing Program’s Writers at Home Series, the Flood Gallery Reading Series, and the Center for Jewish Studies at UNC Asheville. The Frank X Walker reading is jointly sponsored by a number of UNC Asheville programs. Date, time—when known at the time of compiling this list—and location are noted. Only readings that occur during UNC Asheville’s academic semester are noted here.


Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, Humanities Lecture Hall: Frank X Walker (poet)

Sunday, February 21, 2010 3pm, Malaprop’s: Graduates of the UNCA Master of Liberal Arts Program: Joan Heller (poet)& Kim Purser (poet)

Saturday, February 27, 2010, Flood Gallery Third Annual Queer Women Writers of Asheville: Lori Horvitz and others

Thursday, March 18, 2010, Laurel Forum: Richard McCann (fiction writer and poet) and P. B. Parris (Visiting Writer)

Friday, March 26, 2010, Posana: Ed Falco (fiction writer) and Debra Allbery (poet)

Sunday, March 21, 2010, 3pm, Malaprop’s: UNC-Asheville’s Writing Scholarship Winners: Amanda Gardener (non-fiction writer), Sally Parrish (poet), and Daniel Resner (fiction writer, playwright, poet)

Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 7:30 p.m., Laurel Forum: Emily Warn (poet), co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies

Sunday, April 18, 2010, 3pm, Malaprop’s: Margaret Abruzzi (non-fiction writer) and Leni Zumas (fiction writer)

Spring 2010 semester update

The site has had some notable updates with the beginning of the term. There were some issues with the University network's own updates, but hopefully those problems have been fixed. For anyone that's been looking for it, the sample comprehensive exam is now (back) up. Coming soon will be a page solely comprised of resources for seniors, which will make things much easier to find for those graduating this semester.

If there are any problems, please tell me so that I can work out the bugs. I hope everyone has had a good first few days of classes!

Dr. Hopes' original play performance dates

Black Swan Theater-- founded by UNCA Literature Professor David Brendan Hopes as an adjunct to the UNCA creative playwriting program in 1988-- will present Hopes’ play The Beautiful Johanna as part of North Carolina Stage’s Catalyst Series.

Dates for the play are January 21-23, 28-30, 2010, at 7:30 in the NC Stage Theater across Walnut Street from Zambra’s downtown. Tickets are $15, $10 for students with ID.

The Beautiful Johanna opens in a post-Apocalyptic Dublin. Where street gangs and long-time lovers do the best they can to stay alive in body and in spirit. The play is directed by HART director Steven Lloyd, and features the live Irish music of the Red Wellies. For further information call David Hopes at 828 215-6580 or NC Stage a 828 239-0263

The University Writing Center

The University Writing Center, located on the main floor of Ramsey Library (RL 136), offers support to writers in 45 minute one-on-one sessions. Consultations are highly recommended but not required. The UWC helps writers: brainstorm; find a topic; incorporate and document sources; organize drafts; develop revision strategies; and more. If you visit the UWC, take a copy of your assignment, any drafting or notes you may have, as well as any sources you're working with. To find out about more UWC services, visit their webpage at www.unca.edu/uwc. To schedule an appointment call 251-6596 or stop by in person during open hours.