Visiting Speaker Series presents Dr. Tess Chakkalakal
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GSC 268, Brockman Senate Chamber
UK English Department Celebrates faculty, students and alumni at 44th Annual Awards Day
The University of Kentucky Department of English held its 44th Annual Awards Day in May 2025 at the Lewis Honors College, honoring outstanding students, faculty and alumni across undergraduate, graduate and creative writing programs.
Awards Day Speaker: Professor Emerita Ellen Rosenman
Poets of Kentucky: Frank X Walker
Frank X Walker is one of the most accomplished writers and poets to come out of Kentucky. Originally from Danville, Walker forged his own path and gained widespread recognition for his poetry, coining the term “Affrilachia” to highlight the importance of African Americans within the Appalachian Region. He would go on to become the Kentucky Poet Laureate in 2013, the first African American to hold the honor. Now, his influence can be heard through the generations of poets to come after him, and his impact on the Kentucky writing scene cannot be understated.
Goretti Ntuba: A Cameroonian-American student’s path to graduation through storytelling
By Francis Von Mann and Avery Schanbacher
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 28, 2025) -- The first stories Goretti Ntuba ever told weren’t written for an audience. They were scribbled in the pages of a schoolgirl’s diary, reflections on home, school and the everyday rhythms of life in Cameroon.
Academy award-winning Arts and Sciences alumnus visits campus to screen documentary
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 22, 2025) — The University of Kentucky will welcome Academy Award-winning alumnus Paul Wagner on Thursday, April 24, for a screening of his film “Georgia O’Keeffe: the Brightness of Light,” a documentary about American art icon Georgia O’Keeffe. The film stars Claire Danes as the voice of O’Keeffe with narration by Hugh Dancy and features interviews with leading experts on the artist.
2025 Department of English Awards Day
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Lewis Honors College Lounge, 420 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY 40508
Crystal Wilkinson to deliver UK Libraries’ 2025 Prichard Lecture
By Robby Hardesty M
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 17, 2025) — Crystal Wilkinson, the Bush-Holbrook Endowed Professor and director of the Division of Creative Writing in the University of Kentucky's College of Arts and Sciences, will present UK Libraries’ 2025 Edward F. Prichard Lecture.