Kenan Lecture with Nikki Finney

Transylvania University

Nikky Finney is the author of "On Wings Made of Gauze"; "Rice"; "The World Is Round"; and "Head Off & Split", which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2011. Her new collection of poems, "Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry," was released in 2020. Finney is Carolina Distinguished Professor at USC in Columbia where she is also director of the Ernest A. Finney

Metamorphosis

Lucille C. Little Theater

Presented by the Transylvania Theater Program

A Conversation with Hala Alyan

Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Hala Alyan is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor at New York University, and writer. Her work grapples heroically with themes of family, displacement, belonging, and what ‘home’ means. Of her work, author Fatimah Asghar writes, “I feel honored to be alive in a time where I can read Hala Alyan.”

Senior Awards 2026

Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center