Every summer the School of Letters invites our acclaimed faculty and other prominent, nationally recognized writers and scholars to read their work and speak about the writing life. The 2026 session will be through July 17.

Readings are in Naylor Auditorium at 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted, with a reception following in Gailor Atrium.

Join the School of Letters on June 10 at 4:30 p.m. in Naylor Auditorium for a Faculty Reading with Nickole Brown and Alice Bolin.

Nickole Brown has authored four books of poetry, including “Sister,” which was reissued eleven years after its debut in 2018 and “The Donkey Elegies,” published in 2020. She is the director and president of the Hellbender Gathering of Poets. Alice Bolin is the author of the essay collections “Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession,” a New York Times Notable Book of 2018, and 2025’s “Culture Creep: Notes on the Pop Apocalypse.” Her nonfiction appears in The New York Times Book Review, New York Magazine, the LA Review of Books, and The Cut.

Additional events include:

June 17, 11 a.m. to noon. Please join School of Letters faculty member Rebecca Gayle Howell for a book signing of her newly released and highly anticipated book of poetry, “Erase, Genesis,” at the University Bookstore in downtown Sewanee.

June 17, 2–3 p.m. Please join School of Letters alumna Donna Mintz, L’17, for a book signing of her literary debut, “Stars at Noon,” at the University Bookstore in downtown Sewanee

Wednesday, June 17, 4:30 p.m. Guest Reading with Eliana Ramage in Convocation Hall – Co-sponsored with the Friends of the Library.

Thursday, June 18, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 20th Anniversary Seminars with Adam O’Fallon Price, Dr. Pamela Royston Macfie, and Jamie Quatro - Quatro’s event will be at noon in Stirling’s. Adam O’Fallon Price’s talk is “In the Beginning: Writing a Good Story Introduction,” and the title of Dr. Pamela Royston Macfie’s talk is “A Life in Letters.”

Wednesday, June 24, 4:30 p.m. Faculty & Friends Reading with Meera Subramanian, Travis Eisenbise, & Eric Smith.

Wednesday, July 1, 4:30 p.m. Faculty Reading with Justin Taylor & Emily Adrian.

Wednesday, July 8, 4:30 p.m. John Grammer Fellow Reading with poet Joy Priest.

Wednesday, July 15, 4:30 p.m. Faculty Reading with Daniel Hornsby & Tiana Clark.

Friday, July 17, 5:30 p.m. MFA Candidate Reading in Biehl Commons. Go to <https://letters.sewanee.edu/; for more information.