Kwoya Fagin Maples Reading
Gorgas Library 205 711 Capstone Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesKwoya Fagin Maples is a writer from Charleston, S.C. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alabama and is a graduate Cave Canem Fellow and a Homeschool Lambda Literary Fellow. In addition to a chapbook publication by Finishing Line Press entitled Something of Yours (2010) her work is published in several…
Jennifer Pemberton Masterclass
Morgan Hall 301 Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesJennifer Pemberton is a writer and journalist based in Juneau, Alaska, where she heads up the newsroom at KTOO public media and manages a team of reporters focused on energy and the environment in Alaska. Her radio stories have been heard on local public radio stations around the country as well as on All Things…
Mike Kardos Masterclass
Morgan Hall 301 Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesMichael Kardos is the author of the novels Bluff, Before He Finds Her, and The Three-Day Affair, an Esquire best book of 2012, as well as the story collection One Last Good Time, which won the Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Award for fiction, and the textbook The Art and Craft of Fiction: A Writer’s Guide. His short stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, Harvard Review, and…
Michael Kardos Reading and Book Signing
Michael Kardos is the author of the novels Bluff, Before He Finds Her, and The Three-Day Affair, an Esquire best book of 2012, as well as the story collection One Last Good Time, which won the Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Award for fiction, and the textbook The Art and Craft of Fiction: A Writer’s Guide. His short stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, Harvard…
Sherrie Flick Masterclass
ten Hoor 257 AL, United StatesSherrie 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.
David Shields Masterclass
Morgan Hall 301 Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDavid 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…
An Evening with David Shields
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center 620 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDavid 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…
Pure Products Reading
Monarch Espresso Bar 714 22nd Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesPlease join us for our first reading of the semester featuring UA professor Wendy Rawlings; UA English instructor Riley Bingham; MFA candidate Jack Saul; and UA undergraduate creative writing student Tegan Murrell. We hope to see you on the back patio of Monarch Espresso Bar, which features the best coffee in town and a full…
The “Write Thing” Writers Series Reading
First Christian Church Church Sanctuary , United StatesFree poetry and fiction reading with a light reception to follow. UA English Instructors Jessica Kidd and Christopher Love will be joined by MFA Candidates Tucker Legerski and Taylor Martin to read their work. Though this event takes place at First Christian Church, it is not a religious event. All people are welcome!
CV Workshop
Morgan Hall 301 Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesUA English and Creative Writing Program is hosting two workshops this month for students who are interested in applying to graduate school (Wednesday, Oct. 2, and Wednesday, Oct. 16). The workshops will give students the opportunity to have their cover letters and CVs reviewed by current graduate students at UA! Students do not need to be English…