Wells Addington
Akhil Sharma Fiction Reading
Gorgas Library 205 711 Capstone Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesAkhil Sharma is the award winning author of the novels Family Life and An Obedient Father. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Atlantic, and Best American Short Stories.
BJ Hollars Craft Talk
Morgan Hall Room 301 Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States“I Am Trying to Write My Way Out of Disaster”: On Trauma, Obsession, and Writing in the Aftermath of Pain On April 27, 2011, Tuscaloosa was struck by an EF4 tornado, one which killed 64 people, including six University of Alabama students. In the immediate aftermath, UA English instructor B.J. Hollars and his M.F.A. cohort helped…
The Conversation: Craft Talks
Gorgas Library 205 711 Capstone Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDiscussions of writing craft.
An Evening with Ada Limon
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center 620 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesAda Limón is the author of five books of poetry, including Bright Dead Things, which was named a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, a finalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award, and one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of the…
California Typewriter Screening and Filmmaker Talkback
Bama Theatre 600 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesCALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER is a documentary portrait of artists, writers, and collectors who remain steadfastly loyal to the typewriter as a tool and muse, featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, David McCullough, Sam Shepard, and others. Filmmaker Doug Nichols will be in attendance to talk about the making of the film and answer audience questions. The film also movingly documents…
Bankhead Memorial Lecture: Nikky Finney
Morgan Hall Auditorium Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesNikky Finney was born in South Carolina, within listening distance of the sea. A child of activists, she came of age during the civil rights and Black Arts Movements. At Talladega College, nurtured by Hale Woodruff's Amistad murals, Finney began to understand the powerful synergy between art and history. Finney has authored four books of…
Nikky Finney Poetry Reading
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center 620 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesNikky Finney was born in South Carolina, within listening distance of the sea. A child of activists, she came of age during the civil rights and Black Arts Movements. At Talladega College, nurtured by Hale Woodruff's Amistad murals, Finney began to understand the powerful synergy between art and history. Finney has authored four books of…
Jennifer Horne Masterclass
Gorgas Library 205 711 Capstone Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesI’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…
“What It Is”: A Talk on Creativity By Lynda Barry
Bama Theatre 600 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesWhy do people wish they could write, sing, dance, and draw, long after they’ve given up on these things? Does creative activity have a biological function? There is something common to everything we call the arts. What is it? It’s something I call ‘an image’, something that feels alive and is contained and transported by…
An Evening with Kelly Link
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center 620 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesKelly Link is the author of the collections Get in Trouble, Stranger Things Happen, Magic for Beginners, and Pretty Monsters. She and Gavin J. Grant have co-edited a number of anthologies, including multiple volumes of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and, for young adults, Monstrous Affections. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press. Her short stories have been published in The…