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George Hovis Reads from The Skin Artist

Bull's Head Bookshop 207 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

George Hovis reads from his novel, The Skin Artist (SFK Press). Q&A to follow. Praise for The Skin Artist - by Lee Smith, Clyde Edgerton, Fred Chappell: "The Skin Artist is the complex saga of a young man's search for … Read more

The Critical Speaker Series Presents: Cary Wolfe

Toy Lounge, Dey Hall 200 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Cary Wolfe, professor of English at Rice University, will present a talk on "Autoimmunities."

UNC Professor María DeGuzmán discusses her new literary studies book Understanding John Rechy

Flyleaf Books 752 M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In this first book-length monograph on the Mexican American novelist, essayist, and playwright John Rechy, best known for his debut novel City of Night, María DeGuzmán offers a conceptually clear yet aesthetically, philosophically, and socio-politically fine-grained analysis of the spectrum of … Read more

Dorothy Allison – 2019 Thomas Wolfe Lecture

Genome Science Building

2019 Thomas Wolfe Lecture Dorothy Allison Tuesday, October 1 7:30 P.M. Genome Sciences Building Free and open to the public. No tickets required. Parking map 100 Genome Sciences Auditorium 250 Bell Tower Road UNC Campus $1 parking in Bell Tower … Read more

NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green and Artist Judith Ernst Sculpture Installation

The Florence and James Peacock Atrium of the FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green and artist Judith Ernst will discuss their collaborative public art project and honor the 100th anniversary of W.B Yeats’s seminal poem, “The Second Coming,” at an opening reception.

Na Gàidheil Ùra ~ New Gaels: A Global Future for the Scottish Gaelic Language

FedEx Global Education Center Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Public Lecture by Member of the Scottish Parliament Kate Forbes, Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy for the Scottish Government & Professor Robert Dunbar, Chair of Celtic Languages, Literature, History and Antiquities, University of Edinburgh Lecture to be followed … Read more

Party for ECL Undergrads!

Queen Anne's Longue in the Campus Y 180 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

An informal gathering of ECL majors and minors aimed at helping you get to know your fellow students, learn more about dept. specific opportunities and nourish yourselves with a tasty dinner!