Join the School of Letters on Monday, June 30, at noon, in the Torian Room of the library for a Faculty Craft Lecture on the Basics of Literary Theory with Britt Threatt.

Britt Threatt is the author of the academic paper, “‘We’re All Fugitives Now’: A Humanist Perspective on Anti-Woke Laws.” She is the Truth & Racial Healing Transformations Scholar at Sewanee and the host of the podcast College Writing, Actually, where she discusses practical writing tips and multilingualism. This event is free and open to the public.

Join the School of Letters on Wednesday, July 2, at 4:30 p.m., in Naylor Auditorium for a Faculty and Guest Reading with Nickole Brown, Meera Subramanian, and Jim Whiteside.

Nickole Brown has authored four books of poetry, including “Sister,” and “The Donkey Elegies,” published in 2020. She is the director and president of the Hellbender Gathering of Poets.

Meera Subramanian is the author of “A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis.” Her work has appeared in publications such as Nature, The New York Times, and Orion.

Jim Whiteside is the author of the poetry chapbook, “Writing Your Name on the Glass.” He was recently a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University and currently serves as a visiting Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Sewanee.

This event is open to the public and will be followed by a reception in the Gailor Atrium.

Join the School of Letters on Wednesday, July 9, at 4:30 p.m., in Naylor Auditorium for a Faculty, Guest, and Alumni Reading with Dan Hornsby, Richard Tillinghast, and Cheryl Whitehead, L’11.

Dan Hornsby is the author of two novels: “Via Negativa” (2021) and “Sucker” (2024), which received praise from the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Slate.

Richard Tillinghast has authored 12 books of poetry, including most recently, “Wayfaring Stranger.” He is the winner of the Ann Stanford Prize for Poetry and the James Dickey Poetry Prize, among several other awards for his poetry and travel writing. He founded the Bear River Writers’ Conference and served as its Director for five years.

Cheryl Whitehead, L’11, is the author of “Distant Relations,” a poetry collection that explores “family ties, identity, and the search for belonging across generations and geographies.”

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. It is open to the public, and will be followed by a reception in the Gailor Atrium.

Join the School of Letters on Thursday, July 10, at 7 p.m., in Angel Park for a reading featuring student work! These students are on the cusp of earning the MFA, and are bringing their best pieces to share with peers, faculty, and the community. For more information, visit <letters.sewanee.edu>.