Lewis Honors College is delighted to welcome Prof. Michael Bérubé to campus next week for a talk from his recent book,

It's Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom

Bérubé is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of eleven books to date, including Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics (Verso, 1994); Life As We Know It: A Father, A Family, and an Exceptional Child (Pantheon, 1996; paper, Vintage, 1998); and What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts? Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education (W. W. Norton, 2006). He has also published two edited collections, Higher Education Under Fire: Politics, Economics, and the Crisis of the Humanities (Routledge, 1995; with Cary Nelson) and The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies (Blackwell, 2005).

The talk is March 2, 2023 at 4:00, and is free and open to the public.  Please forward to your departments and share widely!  We hope to see you there.

MARIGHELLA (Brazil, 2019), the directorial debut of Wagner Moura, a biopic about the eponymous mid-century Brazilian politician, writer, and anti-dictatorial guerrilla fighter.

Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 4-7pm, WT Young Auditorium

Q&A with Prof. Kamahra Ewing (English; African American and Africana Studies)

Undergraduate Open Mic Night: Wednesday Feb 22, 2023 – 6:00pm. Classroom Building 114. Hey Creatives! Come out and read your work (or that of a writer you've been inspired by)! Sign up here: https://forms.gle/PQDNcwqBzZU8W3oNA 

Please join UK’s College of Arts & Sciences faculty authors for readings and inspirations featuring their newest book releases

Reception to follow in the Alumni Gallery

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Sponsored by The Lewis DEI Coalition.

We are University of Kentucky’s undergraduate literary journal. Run by UK students, The Bluegrass Muse seeks to promote the diverse talents of writers and creators at UK by publishing high caliber works that represent the university's best artists.



We are now taking submissions for our Spring 2023 publication. The initial cut off date to send in submissions is currently February 28th 2023, but as we are new, we may have an extensions, follow us online for updates. 

The theme for our spring 2023 publication is: Starting over, anew, fresh beginnings. 

We are accepting works in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Submission should be a maximum of 3,000 words. 

Please include your name, email, and category of your writing.

The Bluegrass Muse

Submissions@tbgmuse.com