Author Amanda Cockrell
Amanda Cockrell聽is the author of聽Coyote Weather, a novel of 鈥渘ew adults鈥 finding their way through the turbulence of the Vietnam War era;聽Pomegranate Seed, a novel of the Hollywood blacklist; and […]
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2023 Children’s Lit Scholar-in-Residence
Cristina Rhodes, Ph.D.,聽is an assistant professor of English at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches courses on academic writing and ethnic literature. As a Latina and a scholar, much […]
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Monday Night Guest Speaker Series
Mill Mountain Theatre 1 Market Square SE, Roanoke, VA, United StatesJuly 3: Elena Velasco Each Monday night the Playwright鈥檚 Lab at Hollins and Mill Mountain Theatre present a talk by a prominent working professional theatre artist.
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2023: Children’s Lit Visiting Author-Illustrator
Olivia聽Stephens聽is a graphic novelist, illustrator, and writer from the Pacific Northwest. She earned her B.F.A. in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2017. Stephens has created work […]
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Monday Night Guest Speaker Series
Mill Mountain Theatre 1 Market Square SE, Roanoke, VA, United StatesJuly 10: Dominic Taylor Each Monday night the Playwright鈥檚 Lab at Hollins and Mill Mountain Theatre present a talk by a prominent working professional theatre artist.
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Author Lesl茅a Newman
Lesl茅a (pronounced 鈥淟ez-LEE-uh鈥) Newman聽has created 80 books for readers of all ages, including the teen novel-in-verse聽October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard. Recent picture books include聽The Babka Sisters,聽The Fairest in […]
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Author and Editor Frances Gilbert (with Rebekah Lowell)
After earning her M.A. in English, Frances Gilbert鈥檚 first job in publishing was as a book club editor at Scholastic Canada in Toronto. She moved to New York in 2000 […]
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Alumna Author-Illustrator Rebekah Lowell (with Frances Gilbert)
Rebekah Lowell聽is an author-illustrator and surface pattern designer with a passion for the natural world. As a survivor of domestic abuse, she鈥檚 found the natural world to be a peaceful […]
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Agent Chad W. Beckerman
Chad W. Beckerman聽brings over 20 years of illustration and design experience to the CAT Agency. After studying illustration as an undergrad at RISD, Beckerman went on to be a designer […]
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Lecture by Roosevelt Mont谩s
Talmadge Recital Hall, BradleyRoosevelt Mont谩s is senior lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University. He holds an A.B. (1995), an M.A. (1996), and a Ph.D. (2004) in English and comparative literature […]
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Artist Talk: Gina Louthian-Stanley ’00
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterArt Exhibition: “Humanistic Geography-Uncovering a Sense of Place Gina Louthian-Stanley 鈥00 is a multimedia artist, writer, and workshop instructor born and living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Louthian-Stanley […]
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“What Cuban Literature? An Approach to Mediatization in the 21st Century”
Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Room 119In this presentation, Dainerys Machado Vento will discuss the mediatic circulation of Cuban literature outside the island as a case study to understand a process like mediatization. She will focus […]