On October 23 at 7:30 in the Great Hall, world-renowned linguist Deborah Tannen will inaugurate the newly christened Christina Kakava Linguistics Speaker Series, honoring our deceased, and highly beloved, UMW sociolinguist Dr. Kakava. Look under Linguistics: Linguistic Speaker Series above for details, or click on the slideshow image of Deborah Tannen to read a feature story about the event written by Jeanne Converse. … [Read more...]
The 2012-13 Reading Series Kicks Off
October 1, 2012 by
Please join us at a reading by creative nonfiction writer B.J. Hollars, the first guest of the Reading Series sponsored by the Creative Writing concentration. The reading, followed by a reception and book signing, will be Thursday, October 4, at 5 p.m. in Combs 139. Mr. Hollars is the author of Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence, and the Last Lynching in America and other books, including the chapbook In Defense of Monsters. Volumes are available at the University Bookstore and will be on sale at the reading. … [Read more...]