Teaching the Queer Black Novel
This semester, Tichara Robertson will not only represent the student body, but also lead and educate them in a class of her own design.
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Ring in the New Year With UVA Librarians’ Best Reads
As the new year begins, we asked the University of Virginia Library staff to recommend their favorite reads from 2023.
“Figure and Fable: Aesop Through the Ages” expands on classics
Infusing the Fralin with captivating illustrations of familiar childhood tales, “Figure and Fable: Aesop Through the Ages” dives into a world of Aesop’s fables — the exhibit is a compelling collection of various authors and artists’ reimaginations of the classic fables throughout time.
Virginia Center for the Book boosts local readers and writers
A book is not inert, at least not to Kalela Williams — writer, arts administrator and director of Virginia Center for the Book. She believes humanity is found in both our ability and our drive to produce these artistic objects. “We need books, maybe more than we ever have,” Williams said.
Jesse Ball relates indelible images in an incomparable reading
In a self-titled “journey through books,” writer Jesse Ball treated listeners to some of his most beloved original and non-original pieces in an event hosted by the University’s Creative Writing Program.
Local writer Ben Sloan uses poetry to take a walk in others’ shoes
Ben Sloan, Charlottesville resident and English professor who has taught at Piedmont Virginia Community College and the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, recently published his second book, entitled “Then On Out Into a Cloudless Sky.” The collection of poetry — depicting stories of childhood memories, longing for connection and many more — draws inspiration from the experiences of others, including his own students.
Stories of Personal Triumph, Challenging Times Featured at ‘Double Take’
Tim Longo, whose official title is associate vice president for safety and security and chief of police, is substantially older than 10. But on Monday, he took an audience gathered in the Rotunda Dome Room back several decades, spinning a yarn about the time he ran for the office of “assembly coordinator,” or the “guy that gets to call the shots for the assemblies.”
Flux celebrates self-expression through spoken word
Every Thursday evening in the belly of Brooks Hall sits a collection of poets, creatives and arts enthusiasts that make up Flux, the University’s student-led poetry and spoken word organization.
A Treasured Collection of Illustration & Whimsy
A great book collection doesn’t assemble itself. It requires a person with a singular focus, a discerning eye, and a bibliophile’s unwavering devotion. Josephine Lea Iselin, a retired attorney who practiced law for 35 years and was a partner in the New York law firm of Lankenau Kovner Kurtz & Outten, specialized in intellectual property, litigation, and trusts and estates. She also assembled, over the course of many years, one of the finest collections of 19th-century French and English caricature and graphic humor in private hands, and one that would be almost impossible to duplicate today.
Two Poets Who Debated Every Syllable
Rita Dove taught Safiya Sinclair that “it’s OK to say a thing plainly.”
New Books for the New Year, Written by UVA Faculty, Staff and Alumni
From David Baldacci’s latest thriller to the history of nurses, University of Virginia faculty and alumni published a range of books last semester. Here’s a selection of what they’ve written or edited that might appeal to a range of readers, with information from publishers and reviewers.
Live Arts Presents Two Nights of Theater and Poetry at Vault Virginia this December
Live Arts Theater announces two nights of theater and poetry at Vault Virginia this December. The Live Arts Playwrights’ Lab presents a staged reading of local playwright John Paul Mandryk’s new play When Liberty Is Sieged at 7:30pm on Monday, December 5, and the next POETRY LIVE! showcase is hosted by local poet James Cole at 7pm on Sunday, December 11. Both events will be presented at Vault Virginia, 300 E Main Street, in Charlottesville. To enter Vault Virginia, audience members should use the door on Third Street SE.