The Educator’s Bookshelf — A List of Must Reads from U.Va. Professors
For any student unsure of what their first post-finals read should be, look no further than the favorite books of these four academics.
Creative Writing
The UVA Creative Writing Program offers one of the best MFA programs in the country, along with undergraduate English concentrations in poetry and literary prose and elective coursework.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Speaks at UVA on the Future of Reparations and the Power of Writing
Author, journalist and activist Ta-Nehisi Coates, spoke on Friday, March 8, to a UVA audience and to attendees of the ninth annual conference of the African American Intellectual History Society hosted by the University’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies.
Poetic Unity: 'A Standing Witness' Examines Our Nation’s Recent History Through a Cycle of Songs
Rita Dove was on sabbatical from the University of Virginia English department when Richard Danielpour emailed the U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner. The Grammy Award-winning composer wanted to discuss collaborating on A Standing Witness, a cycle of songs that covers 50 years of American history, with original music set to poems as lyrics. The project was no small task. And Dove says that, at first glance, it seemed outside her wheelhouse.