The 2022 Kentucky Book Festival
The 2022 Kentucky Book Festival: Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Featuring Prof. DaMaris Hill, Prof. Crystal Wilkinson, Prof. Frank X Walker, Travis Martin (PhD ’17), Bobbie Ann Mason, and many more. https://kybookfestival.org/lineup/
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Joseph-Beth Booksellers
Coffee & Conversations
Every third Tuesday. All students, staff, and faculty welcome.
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Betty Combs Owen Lounge, 12th floor POT
Coffee & Conversations
Every third Tuesday. All students, staff, and faculty welcome.
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Betty Combs Owen Lounge, 12th floor POT
Coffee & Conversations
Every third Tuesday. All students, staff, and faculty welcome.
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Betty Combs Owen Lounge, 12th floor POT
English Department Welcome Back Mixer
All graduate students, faculty, and staff are invited to Wise Bird for a back-to-school meet-and-greet! Light refreshments provided.
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Wise Bird Cidery, 1170 MANCHESTER ST
Visiting Writers Series: Author Ron Austin
6 p.m. Thursday, November 17 William T Young Library, UKAA AuditoriumRon A. Austin's short stories have been placed in Boulevard, Pleiades, Story Quarterly, Ninth Letter, Black Warrior Review, and other journals. Avery Colt Is a Snake, a Thief, a Liar, his first collection of linked stories, has received several honors including: The 2017 Nilsen Prize, a 2019 Foreward INDIES GOLD Award, a 2020 Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award, a 2020 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize nomination, and a 2020 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award nomination. Austin's work has been supported by grants from the Regional Arts Commission, including a 2016 Artist Fellowship. He, his wife Jennie, and son Elijah live in St. Louis.
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William T Young Library, UKAA Auditorium