This month, the Killer Nashville conference returns
July 27, 2011 With one month to go, it’s time for suspense and mystery writers around the world to gear up for Tennessee’s annual conference celebrating all manner of murder: Killer Nashville runs August 26-28.
Read moreThe Clarksville Writers’ Conference attracts faculty and students who are passionate about the written word
July 28, 2011 Clarksville owes its place in literary geography primarily to its associations with Robert Penn Warren, but it has much more to recommend to the writing community than name-dropping historical markers: the Clarksville Writers’ Conference, now in its seventh year, keeps Clarksville’s literary spirit alive with top-notch faculty and eager attendees.
Read moreAs Borders fades, Knoxville’s Union Ave. Books rides high on optimism
July 25, 2011 Melinda Meador of Knoxville’s Union Ave. Books counters web-wide moaning over the liquidation of the late great Borders bookstore chain with pragmatism and excitement.
Read moreNew work by Diann Blakely appears on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s website
Poet Diann Blakely, a graduate of both the University of the South and Vanderbilt University, begins this week on a great note: The Chronicle of Higher Education has just featured her poem “Dead Shrimp Blues” at its Arts & Academe blog. The poem is part of her collection-in-progress, Rain in Our Door, a series of “duets” with blues artist Robert Johnson.
Read moreTennessee’s regional libraries are meeting the “financial squeeze” with radical changes
July 13, 2011 Tennessee’s regional libraries are under strong financial pressure, but that won’t stop the state’s much-anticipated (and criticized) efforts to streamline the system.
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Marilyn Kallet discusses the art of translating Benjamin Péret’s great work of Surrealist poetry, The Big Game
July 13, 2011 Marilyn Kallet, Lindsay Young Professor of English at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, has always been interested in Surrealism, but translating Benjamin Péret’s The Big Game has proven the most challenging—and most rewarding—of her forays. Kallet will read from the book on July 17 at 3 p.m. at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville. Also reading will be poets Jeff Daniel Marion and Donna Doyle.
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