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Faculty Notes for December 2018

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Apr 26, 2019

Technical Communication Association Hosted SpeedCon 2019 – Diversified

On April 19, 2019, the Technical Communication Association led by President, Esther Kentish, hosted its annual unconference, SpeedCon 2019 – Diversified.   The event welcomed over 89 guests and was the TCA’s annual knowledge exchange gathering to promote the latest trends in the field of technical communication while simultaneously serving as information architects aiming to reconnect…

Apr 2, 2019

Faculty Notes for March 2019

BELLE BOGGS Belle Boggs will read from and discuss her new novel, The Gulf, at the Regulator Bookshop on April 2 at 7 p.m. She will also read at Quail Ridge Books (in conversation with MFA student Sarah Ruiz) on April 17 at 7 p.m. HELEN BURGESS and MAGGIE SIMON Helen Burgess and Maggie Simon’s…

Mar 21, 2019

Displacement Is Part of the Experience

Displacement is part of the reading experience. It happens every time we stumble upon an allusion or reference outside our body of knowledge.

Mar 21, 2019

Displacement Is Part of the Experience

Displacement is part of the reading experience. It happens every time we stumble upon an allusion or reference outside our body of knowledge.

Mar 21, 2019

On the Value of Poetry

Poetry is a communal act: it is one human being addressing other human beings in a full expression of shared experience.

Mar 21, 2019

Poetry is a Thing with Feathers

Along with music and dance, poetry is one of the old arts. It walks with us through history, always present, whether we are aware of it or not.

Mar 2, 2019

Faculty Notes for February 2019

DAUN DAEMON On February 28, Daun Daemon’s poem “When Mama Sang ‘Mockingbird Hill'” was published by Peeking Cat Poetry. ROBIN DODSWORTH Robin Dodsworth has been named a University Faculty Scholar. MARSHA GORDON Marsha Gordon won a National Humanities Center award next year for her book project, Leftover Ladies: Ursula Parrott and the Emergence of the Modern…

Feb 3, 2019

Faculty Notes for January 2019

BARBARA BENNETT On January 29, Barbara Bennett appeared at Quail Ridge Books in conversation with Jill McCorkle about Bennett’s newest book, Smoke Signals from Samarcand: The 1931 Reform School Fire and Its Aftermath. On March 5, Bennett will have a conversation with Belle Boggs about eugenics and Smoke Signals from Samarcandat Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill at…

Dec 31, 2018

Faculty Notes for December 2018

BELLE BOGGS In October, Belle Boggs read as part of the “Mothers and Strangers” gallery exhibit organized by Lee Smith and Samia Serageldin, co-editors of a new anthology, Mothers and Strangers, forthcoming from UNC Press. Boggs published “The Significance of Michelle Obama’s Fertility Story”in The Atlantic. The article included an interview with Ronisha Browdy. HUILING DING Huiling…

Dec 31, 2018

Faculty Notes for December 2018

BELLE BOGGS In October, Belle Boggs read as part of the “Mothers and Strangers” gallery exhibit organized by Lee Smith and Samia Serageldin, co-editors of a new anthology, Mothers and Strangers, forthcoming from UNC Press. Boggs published “The Significance of Michelle Obama’s Fertility Story”in The Atlantic. The article included an interview with Ronisha Browdy. HUILING DING Huiling…