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Sherrie Flick Masterclass

ten Hoor 257 AL, United States

Sherrie Flick is the author of the novel Reconsidering Happiness (University of Nebraska Press), the flash fiction chapbook I Call This Flirting (Flume Press), and two short story collections with Autumn House Press: Whiskey, Etc. (2016) and Thank Your Lucky Stars (Fall 2018). Her nonfiction has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Creative Nonfiction, Pittsburgh Quarterly, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Free and open to the public

Jennifer Horne Masterclass

Gorgas Library 205 711 Capstone Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

I’m a writer, editor, and teacher, and I enjoy connecting with readers and other writers. On November 1, 2017, I was commissioned Alabama's Poet Laureate, for a four-year term. I grew up in Arkansas and have lived for many years in Alabama, although I’ve also lived abroad, in England and Romania, and have traveled extensively…

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David Shields Masterclass

Morgan Hall 301 Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

David Shields is the internationally bestselling author of twenty books, including Reality Hunger (named one of the best books of 2010 by more than thirty publications), The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead (New York Times bestseller), Black Planet (finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), and Other People: Takes…

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Danez Smith Master Class

ten Hoor 111

Poeming in Code, Singing To Our Beloveds This presentation and workshop seeks to explore the idea of audience while debunking the myths that our audience is either is everyone or no one. We will hone in on what tools writers use to signal to their audiences that the poem is to/for them, how we add love, empathy, and intimacy into our writing, and how we can be more in use our work as gathering grounds and private lines of communication.

A Masterclass with Author Garth Greenwell

tenHoor 116

UA English's Creative Writing Progam welcomes celebrated writer Garth Greenwell, who will offer a free one-hour masterclass on the craft of writing on Wednesday, February 22 at 3 p.m. in tenHoor 116.   This event is free and open to the public.   Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You, which won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year. The recipient of honors including a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship and the 2021 Vursell Award for prose style from the [...]

A Masterclass with Poet Chelsea Rathburn

Gorgas Library 205 (Camellia Room) 711 Capstone Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

UA English's Creative Writing Progam welcomes Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn, who will offer a free one-hour masterclass on the craft of writing on Thursday, March 30 at 2 p.m. in Gorgas 2020 (The Camellia Room).   This event is free and open to the public.     Chelsea Rathburn is the author of three full-length poetry collections, most recently Still Life with Mother and Knife, a New York Times “New & Noteworthy” book released by Louisiana State University Press in February 2019. In March [...]

A Masterclass with Morgan Parker

ten Hoor Hall 30 ten Hoor Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

UA English’s Creative Writing Progam welcomes Morgan Parker, who will offer a free one-hour masterclass on the craft of writing on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 4:30 p.m. in ten Hoor 30.   This event is free and open to the public.   Morgan Parker is a poet, essayist, and novelist. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, winner of a Pushcart Prize, and has been hailed by The New York Times as “a dynamic [...]

A Masterclass with Poet Sarah Giragosian

Gordon Palmer 227

UA English's Creative Writing Progam welcomes Poet Sarah Giragosian, who will offer a free one-hour masterclass on the craft of writing on Thursday, November 30 at 11:00 a.m. in Gordan Palmer 227.   This event is free and open to the public.   Sarah Giragosian is the author of the poetry collections Queer Fish, a winner of the American Poetry Journal Book Prize, and The Death Spiral. In 2023, the University of Akron Press released the craft anthology, Marbles on the Floor: How to [...]

A Masterclass with Poet and Memoirist Emma Bolden

Gorgas 2020 (Camellia Room) 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

UA English's Creative Writing Progam welcomes poet and memoirist Emma Bolden, who will offer a free one-hour masterclass on the craft of writing on Tuesday, February 6 at 2 p.m. in the Camellia Room of Gorgas Library.   This event is free and open to the public.   EMMA BOLDEN is the author of House Is an Enigma, medi(t)ations, and Maleficae. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Fellowship.

A Masterclass with Author Hugh Sheehy

Gorgas 2019 (The Yellowhammer Room) 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

UA English's Creative Writing Progam welcomes fiction writer Hugh Sheehy, who will offer a free one-hour masterclass on the craft of writing on Tuesday, March 26 at 2 p.m. in the Yellowhammer Room of Gorgas Library.   This event is free and open to the public.   HUGH SHEEHY is the author of The Invisibles, winner of the 2014 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and Design Flaw (Acre Books 2022). He teaches Creative Writing and Literature at Ramapo College in New Jersey.