EGSO Mixer
Food provided. Head over to the Cat's Den afterward for Incubator.
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Location:
Cornerstone
2024 February Incubator Reading Series
Enjoy an evening of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from UK writers.
Featuring:
Herbert Girtley
KeeShawn Murphy
Susan O'Neill
Guest Reader:
Robin LaMer Rahija
Open mic for undergraduate students beforehand. Come early to sign up! One poem/5 min limit per open mic reader.
EGSO Mixer beforehand starts at 6:15 in the Cornerstone. Pizza provided!
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New York Times Interviews UK Professor Crystal Wilkinson on Her New Book
In the Jan. 22, 2024, online issue of The New York Times, reporter Korsha Wilson interviews Crystal Wilkinson, professor of English in the University of Kentucky's College of Arts & Sciences, about her new book, "Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts."
Jewish Ukraine: Past and Present Spring 2024 Lecture Series
"'Mine from '33, Yours from '41': Poetic Reinventions in Post-Maidan Ukraine"
In Person & via Zoom
Date:
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Location:
Alumni Gallery, WT Young Library
Jewish Ukraine: Past and Present Spring 2024 Lecture Series
"Memoirs of a Jewish District Attorney in Soviet Ukraine: Solving the Cases in the Shadow of Antisemitism and Holocaust Memory"
In Person & via Zoom
Date:
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Location:
Alumni Gallery, WT Young Library
MFA Graduation Reading
Second year MFA students who will be graduating in May will read from their theses.
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Location:
The Burl
Submit-a-thon
As you know, being a writer is not just about the (many, many) hours we spend alone in a room composing our works of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and everything in between—it's also about getting said works out into the world. Which is why it's time for the Spring 2024 Submit-a-thon.
It can sometimes feel confusing and/or intimidating to submit work to magazines and journals, but that's why it's good to do so in the safety and solidarity of a community of your fellow writers.
So please consider joining us on Friday February 16th at West 6th Brewing (501 W. 6th St) from 4pm-6pm. It's a big space with internet and an assortment of beverages and food.
This is an opportunity to submit work you feel is ready to go out into the world. However, it's also a chance to talk and commiserate with each other about writing and publishing in an informal setting. So don't worry if you don't have anything to submit; it will still be a helpful and hopefully fun time.
Date:
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Location:
West Sixth
Cindy Sossa (English BA) & Deidra White (English MFA) speak at Commencement
Cindy Sossa (English BA) & Deidra White (English MFA) speak at Fall 2023 Commencement
"Here in Kentucky" - a performance by UK Graduate Student Deidra White
Deidra White, an MFA graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote and performed a piece to help the University of Kentucky celebrate the completion of the Kentucky Can fundraising campaign.
Please watch this video of her performance of the piece she wrote, with the support of her creative writing faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, called “Here in Kentucky.”
Her piece, together with footage edited by the UK video team, tells the story of what this university, including UK’s Markey Cancer Center, means to her, her family and her community.