Here’s a clip of Arda Collin’s Poem Pool #13 being read! I think this poem is beautiful and I can’t wait to hear Arda read from her book, It Is Daylight next week. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOb5uFJGKCY]
This year is the 40th Writers’ Festival. The Agnes Scott College Library has created a “LibGuide” for everything Writers’ Festival related and it has quite a few great links on the guests for this Festival. Check it out here.
Here’s a video of Jennifer Nettles on Chelsea Lately. I think it’s quite amusing! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzo9Vwy2qFk] I love what Jennifer says about being an artist and pulling from different mediums to be creative. (It doesn’t hurt that we share a favourite 80’s movie!)
The Writers’ Festival begins in exactly one week (from yesterday)!! I am so excited to have such wonderful artists on Agnes Scott Campus! For those who may be a bit behind the bandwagon, here’s the schedule of events Tuesday, March 29th, 4 – 6 p.m. Luchsinger Lounge — ASC Read more
The very lovely, Miss May May Kaufman is interning with the Decatur Book Festival this year and she has done some advertising for us over at Daren Wang’s blog, VERB. Check out the article on the Writers’ Festival and keep getting excited!
Just wanted to take this time to post some links about Jennifer Nettles. This one is from October 2010, on the release of her band’s new album. This next one is on some of the mysteries behind her, mostly fan-fueled, and how she responds to them. Hope you’re all looking Read more
Check out this article from the University of Denver Magazine from Winter 2009 on Arda Collins’ belief on the importance of poetry. Ask Arda Collins why poetry is important, and the acclaimed poet will be the first to admit it’s not a popular genre that will ever “fly off the Read more
Only three weeks until the 40th Annual Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival! This semester I’m taking Fiction Workshop and I’m really excited to be reading Danzy Senna’s Caucasia. I haven’t finished it yet, but I’m loving it so far and I’ll keep you updated when it is finished! On an Read more
The Rumpus website features this great interview with Danzy Senna about her work. In addition, this article includes a review of her work, Where did you sleep last night? “We are all students of memory. Each of us has our own truth to tell…” Danzy Senna is the author of Read more
Each Festival, I like to solicit the English Department Professors into telling me stories about previous Festivals that they have attended, and I always learn the most interesting/thrilling/beautiful things about the personalities of visiting authors. Dr. Peggy Thompson, Ellen Douglass Leyburn Professor of English/Chair of the Department, shared with me this Read more
