Pure Products Art Night Reading
Pure Products Reading & Lecture Series is excited to host writers Jenifer Park, Sarah Barnes, and Scott Lakey at our first Art Night Reading of the year! Please join us at Monarch Espresso Bar, order a coffee or cocktail, and settle in for a night of creative writing! This event is free and open to…
Improbable Fictions presents Medieval Medley, a staged reading
Gorgas Library 205 711 Capstone Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesOn Wednesday, September 12, 7:30 pm, at 205 Gorgas Library, Improbable Fictions will present a staged reading of three Medieval plays: Hroswitha of Gandersheim's Dulcitius (a saintly comedy), a selection from the York Mystery Cycle, and a contemporary morality play written by Elizabeth Kirkland. Performances directed by Elizabeth Kirkland and Deborah Parker. This event is…
“Shakespeare After Shakespeare: Adaptation, Appropriation, and Afterlives”
Morgan Hall MR 301 at 5:00 PM Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesA Lecture by Dr. Jim Casey, Associate Professor of English at Arcadia University
Robin Behn Masterclass
Morgan Hall 301 Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesA discussion of writing craft with Robin Behn.
MFA Reading Series: First-Year Reading
Woods Hall Sella-Granata Gallery Woods Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe first MFA Reading Series event of the year will feature recent entrants to The University of Alabama's MFA in Creative Writing. The first of three such "debutante balls," this is your chance to catch new Tuscaloosa literary talent. Free and open to the public, so bring everyone you know!
Michael Martone and Mike Mejia Fiction Reading
M&M&M&M: Melts in Your Mind Michael A. Martone was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and is a professor at the Program in Creative Writing at the University of Alabama, where he has been teaching since 1996. He is the author of more than a dozen books. His latest are The Moon Over Wapakoneta: Fictions & Science Fictions from Indiana…
Pure Products Open Mic Night
Did you write something this summer that you're dying to share with a captive audience? Then bring your poem, brief creative nonfiction essay, or flash fiction piece to ignite the back porch of Monarch Espresso Bar! The first ten people to sign up will get to read, so make sure you show up early to get…
Robin Behn and Heidi Lynn Staples Poetry Reading
Gorgas Library Room 205 711 Capstone Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesRobin Behn teaches in the Program in Creative Writing at The University of Alabama. She is the author of five volumes of poems, Quarry Cross, The Yellow House, Horizon Note, The Red Hour, and Paper Bird, and two chapbooks. She is co-editor of The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach, and editor…
[Name This] Open Mic Series
An Open Mic Night for undergraduate creative writers. All are welcome to attend. Must be a UA undergraduate to read.
Omar El Akkad Masterclass
Morgan Hall 301 Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDiscussion of writing craft with Omar El Akaad.