William Dozier’s Love for Books Has Given Him Internet Fame
Those who have recently turned to social media, especially “BookTok,” for book recommendations might recognize the face of William Dozier.
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7 Poetry Collections About the Complexities of Black Womanhood
All of these poetry collections endeavor to answer the question: What does it mean to be both Black and a Woman? All of the answers are different—Black womanhood is multifaceted and finding a safe passage through it is the challenge of a lifetime.
The Poetry of Love
This past year I designed an undergraduate course that I called ‘The Poetry of Love’. One of the challenges of the course was how to define “love”.
Winning ‘Big’: UVA Grad Gets Caldecott Medal
By the time she got the call, Vashti Harrison had given up hope.
On Poe’s 215th Birthday, UVA Special Collections Preserves His Spirit
Once upon a midnight dreary, while Edgar Allan Poe pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore in his room on the Range, did he foresee his future standing in literature?
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.
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.”