Norman, McClanahan, Vance Join Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame
By Lindsey Piercy
Gurney Norman and Ed McClanahan. Photo by Guy Mendes.
Deadline Extended to March 1 for the 2019 Book Prize
The deadline for our Early American Literature's 2019 Book Prize has been extended, moved from February 1 to March 1, 2019.
Nominations for second or later books will be accepted through that date. For more information regarding the nomination process, please see our original announcement on the EAL website.
Students Learn From 'Experience of a Lifetime' in Washington, DC
By Chris Crumrine, Amy Jones-Timoney, Kody Kiser, and Brad Nally
“To actually be in Washington, D.C. is unlike anything that you can experience in a classroom or here in Kentucky,” says Hayley Leach. “The hands-on experience is unlike anything you can get.”
Visiting Writers Series featuring Morgan Parker
The Visiting Writers Series began in the Spring of 2014 with a reading by poet Roger Reeves. After the start of the MFA in Creative Writing in the Fall of that year, the VWS took off. Over the past 8 years, the MFA in Creative Writing has hosted nationally renowned poets and writers, adding to the vibrant literary culture of Lexington. All events are free and open to the public.
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William T Young Library Auditorium: 401 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY 40506
Visiting Writers Series featuring Brittany Perham
The Visiting Writers Series began in the Spring of 2014 with a reading by poet Roger Reeves. After the start of the MFA in Creative Writing in the Fall of that year, the VWS took off. Over the past 8 years, the MFA in Creative Writing has hosted nationally renowned poets and writers, adding to the vibrant literary culture of Lexington. All events are free and open to the public.
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William T Young Library Auditorium: 401 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY 40506
Visiting Writers Series featuring Maurice Carlos Ruffin
The Visiting Writers Series began in the Spring of 2014 with a reading by poet Roger Reeves. After the start of the MFA in Creative Writing in the Fall of that year, the VWS took off. Over the past 8 years, the MFA in Creative Writing has hosted nationally renowned poets and writers, adding to the vibrant literary culture of Lexington. All events are free and open to the public.
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William T Young Library Auditorium: 401 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY 40506
Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning has chosen Ed McClanahan, 86, and Gurney Norman, 81, both of Lexington, as this year's living inductees into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. They will be honored February 13th at 7PM at the Kentucky Theatre, 214 East Main Street. The event is free and open to the public. To read more about this event please click HERE!
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Kentucky Theatre - 214 East Main Street
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Transferable Skills
Dr. Ashley Sorrell of CELT and The Graduate School is heading this workshop.
Identifying and Communicating Transferable Skills
In this interactive workshop, we will identify specific skills you have developed in your academic career and discuss how to best articulate these for careers within and beyond the academy. Participants will begin the process of looking at their academic experiences holistically by reflecting on how their graduate education prepared them for a diversity of career paths.
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245 POT