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.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Lit Club Bi-Annual All-Night Read-A-Thon, Novel Criticism Reading Group
From the Literature Club:
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.
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.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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)
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)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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!
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!
Monday, January 11, 2010
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
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
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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.