UK English Department Accepting Entries for Poetry & Fiction Contests
A $250 prize will be awarded in each category.
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'Reel to Real' to Take Historic Look at Film With Kentucky, Oscar Connections
The UK Special Collections Library's "Reel to Real" series continues tonight with "Coal Miner's Daughter," at 7 p.m. in Worsham Theater.
Frank X Walker: Writer, Teacher, Award Winner
Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X Walker brought home the gold this past weekend, winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry.
James Baker Hall Inducted into Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame
Deceased English department member inducted into Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame
DaMaris Hill and Nathan Moore discuss Afrofuturism on WUKY
Wikipedia defines the subject as “an emergent literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, Afrocentricity, and magic realism with non-Western cosmologies in order to critique not only the present-day dilemmas of people of color, but also to revise, interrogate, and re-examine the historical events of the past.” Professor DaMaris Hill and her student Nathan Moore elaborate on this definition and tell us about the course. More information about the class is av
'Standing Up for the Mountains' Book Talk at UK
Three University of Kentucky authors will present recent books about mountaintop removal mining, and the treasured landscapes and Appalachian communities that lie in its midst, at a book talk and signing Thursday, Feb. 27.
Shale Earns Honorable Mention in Outstanding Literary Arts Journal Awards
Shale is an on-campus literary journal that features poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, world language pieces and art submitted by UK students.
Frank X Walker Nominated for NAACP Image Award
Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X Walker, a faculty member in the Department of English, has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award.
UK Board Accepts More Than $6 Million in Gifts, Pledges
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees today accepted nearly $6.5 million in gifts and pledges, with a sizable portion directed toward two A&S departments.
Lisa Zunshine on Why Fiction Does it Better
An essay by Lisa Zunshine, a University of Kentucky professor of English, appears in the Dec. 13 edition of The Chronicle Review.