Poets Stephen Cushman, Jamie Dickson Read at Millsaps March 28
Poet and historian Stephen Cushman, the Robert C. Taylor Professor of English at the University of Virginia, visited Millsaps College on Tuesday, March 28 to read from The Red List: A Poem, which takes its title from the endangered species list. He was joined by poet Jamie Dickson, English and Creative Writing teacher at Germantown High School, who read from […] Read more »
Weather Prevents Claudia Rankine’s Appearance at Millsaps February 10; Panel of Scholars, Writers To Carry on Program
Because of an unusually heavy snowstorm in New York, Claudia Rankine will not be able to make it to Jackson for her book signing and reading for Friday Forum at Millsaps on Friday, February 10. In her place, an exciting group of scholars and writers will take the stage, including Ebony Lumumba, Chair and Assistant Professor of English […] Read more »
MacArthur Fellow Claudia Rankine To Offer Public Lecture at Millsaps Mini-Conference on February 10
Claudia Rankine, 2016 MacArthur Fellow and Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University, will present a public lecture at Millsaps College on Friday, February 10, at 1 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex. Her lecture is part of the Friday Forum series and is the culmination of a two-day conference […] Read more »
Paulette Jiles To Read from “News of the World” February 16 at Welty Education & Visitors Center
Author Paulette Jiles will read from her new novel, News of the World, a 2016 National Book Award Finalist, on February 16 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitors Center in collaboration with Lemuria Books. Book signing will begin at 5 p.m., followed by the reading and a reception, all free and open to the public. […] Read more »