Lectures and Speakers
Leadership in Political Campaigns Panel
Houser Hall, 1002 301 7th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesIn this installment of the Blackburn Institute's "Perspectives on Leadership" speaker series, UA students are invited to hear from panelists on both sides of the aisle with campaign experience at local, state, and national levels: • Ed Fields, Senior Adviser and Chief Strategist for the City of Birmingham; • Britney Garner (Blackburn Fellow & Advisory Board Member), Founder of Garner Consulting Services; • Zac McCrary, Partner at ALG Research; and • Bryan Taylor (Blackburn Fellow), Co-Founder of Bachus Brom & [...]
Leadership in Political Campaigns Panel
Houser Hall, 1002 301 7th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesIn this installment of the Blackburn Institute's "Perspectives on Leadership" speaker series, UA students are invited to hear from panelists on both sides of the aisle with campaign experience at local, state, and national levels: • Ed Fields, Senior Adviser and Chief Strategist for the City of Birmingham; • Britney Garner (Blackburn Fellow & Advisory Board Member), Founder of Garner Consulting Services; • Zac McCrary, Partner at ALG Research; and • Bryan Taylor (Blackburn Fellow), Co-Founder of Bachus Brom & [...]
Leadership in Political Campaigns Panel
Houser Hall, 1002 301 7th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesIn this installment of the Blackburn Institute's "Perspectives on Leadership" speaker series, UA students are invited to hear from panelists on both sides of the aisle with campaign experience at local, state, and national levels: • Ed Fields, Senior Adviser and Chief Strategist for the City of Birmingham; • Britney Garner (Blackburn Fellow & Advisory Board Member), Founder of Garner Consulting Services; • Zac McCrary, Partner at ALG Research; and • Bryan Taylor (Blackburn Fellow), Co-Founder of Bachus Brom & [...]
An Evening with Eric Sasson
Math and Science Building Auditorium, Rm 1001 411 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesBrooklyn-based novelist Eric Sasson will read from his novel Admissions, and the reading will be followed by a Q and A. Books will be available for purchase and signing. This event is free and open to the public, and is part of the UA Creative Writing Program's "Business of Writing Week."
An Evening with Eric Sasson
Math and Science Building Auditorium, Rm 1001 411 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesBrooklyn-based novelist Eric Sasson will read from his novel Admissions, and the reading will be followed by a Q and A. Books will be available for purchase and signing. This event is free and open to the public, and is part of the UA Creative Writing Program's "Business of Writing Week."
An Evening with Eric Sasson
Math and Science Building Auditorium, Rm 1001 411 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesBrooklyn-based novelist Eric Sasson will read from his novel Admissions, and the reading will be followed by a Q and A. Books will be available for purchase and signing. This event is free and open to the public, and is part of the UA Creative Writing Program's "Business of Writing Week."
“Stories That Stand Still” – A Discussion of Craft by Carmen Maria Machado
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThis talk will explore the craft of writing fiction that doesn’t move—fiction contained in a single, discreet space as large as a house, and as small as a bed—and the implication it has for our understanding of gender, characterization, plot, and time. Stories discussed will include Angela Carter’s “The Fall-River Axe Murders,” Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Nancy Hale’s “The Earliest Dreams,” and Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “The Future Looks Good.” This [...]
“Stories That Stand Still” – A Discussion of Craft by Carmen Maria Machado
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThis talk will explore the craft of writing fiction that doesn’t move—fiction contained in a single, discreet space as large as a house, and as small as a bed—and the implication it has for our understanding of gender, characterization, plot, and time. Stories discussed will include Angela Carter’s “The Fall-River Axe Murders,” Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Nancy Hale’s “The Earliest Dreams,” and Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “The Future Looks Good.” This [...]
“Stories That Stand Still” – A Discussion of Craft by Carmen Maria Machado
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThis talk will explore the craft of writing fiction that doesn’t move—fiction contained in a single, discreet space as large as a house, and as small as a bed—and the implication it has for our understanding of gender, characterization, plot, and time. Stories discussed will include Angela Carter’s “The Fall-River Axe Murders,” Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Nancy Hale’s “The Earliest Dreams,” and Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “The Future Looks Good.” This [...]
An Evening with Carmen Maria Machado
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesCelebrated writer Carmen Maria Machado will read a selection of her work and answer audience questions. Copies of her books will be available for purchase and signing. Machado’s writing defies and blends genres such as surrealism, fantasy, and horror to create writing that is so palpable it seems alive. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is the Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania.