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 [...]

Tyehimba Jess Reading

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

Tyehimba Jess is the author of two books of poetry, Leadbelly and Olio. Olio won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, The Midland Society Author’s Award in Poetry, and received an Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.  It was also nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN…

Free and open to the public