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Visiting writers program to host Roxane Gay, Sandi Wisenberg

Deanne Winslett March 13, 2013

Each year, The University of Alabama English department and the Creative Writing program partner with the College of Arts and Sciences to bring the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series to Tuscaloosa. The...

UA professor links accents to Civil War

Angeleah Coker March 4, 2013

He stretches the vowels in certain words he pronounces like a child pulls taffy until it breaks. Unlike taffy, his words don’t break. They flow from one to the other. Cody Hall, a UA student majoring...

Creative Campus passes off event to HCA

Kristen Feyt February 28, 2013

Since its inception in 2010, Quidditch On the Quad has been a tradition many UA students recognize and look forward to each year. This year, coordination and oversight of the well-known event was passed...

Union, Confederate documents held in Hoole Library

Union, Confederate documents held in Hoole Library

Deanne Winslett February 26, 2013

From its beginning in 1948, the W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library has been home to thousands of books, manuscripts photos and more, dating back as far as the 15th century. Many other collections,...

Creative Campus to host progressive reading

Courtney Stinson February 21, 2013

Creative Campus is breaking away from the traditional poetry reading format with the second installment of Poetry&, a 30-minute reading that will incorporate music, audio and visual elements and audience...

UA grad program offers book art studies

UA grad program offers book art studies

Nathan Proctor January 15, 2013

On a campus buried in books of all manners, sizes and contents, books of all kinds are often given little notice beyond the heft of their price tags and the importance of their highlighted text. The University...

Last Xpress Night of semester partners with Bama Buddies

Becky Robinson December 5, 2012

Bama Buddies is partnering with Xpress Night this Thursday, Dec. 6 to promote campus unity through service during the holiday season. Bama Buddies has been working with student groups on campus for the...

Student writer elevates personal hobby to career path

Courtney Stinson November 7, 2012

Alexandra Franklin, a junior majoring in English, can hardly remember a time when writing was not a part of her life, but now she has transformed writing from hobby to compulsion to a career path that’s...

Letters from 1929 reveal a different life at the University

Letters from 1929 reveal a different life at the University

Katherine Owen October 21, 2012

Cookie Keller said she knows a lot about her father’s life for a man who didn’t talk much. In her garage sits a wealth of information about his history, including the letters off his fraternity house,...

Slash Pine Press to host writers festival this weekend

Slash Pine Press to host writers festival this weekend

Courtney Stinson October 9, 2012

Slash Pine Press is taking poetry out of the classroom and into the community for all to enjoy Friday and Saturday at the fourth annual Slash Pine Writers Festival. The festival will feature authors with...

Book club promotes interaction

Meredith Davis September 9, 2012

In an attempt to promote a discussion of race and medical ethics, the Honors Book Club will host a series of events centered on the book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot. ...

Literary tourism links fiction to real locations

Lauren Ferguson June 13, 2012

For avid readers and owners of Kindles, iPads and Nooks, visiting the sites of fictional novels is no longer a possibility, but a reality, stemming from a local initiative. Brian Patrick Miller founded...