Kenan Lecture with Nikky Finney
Transylvania UniversityNikky 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
35th Anniversary Reading of the Affrilachian Poets
Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts CenterFunded by the William R. Kenan Jr. Fund. Followed by a book signing.
Metamorphosis
Lucille C. Little TheaterPresented by the Transylvania Theater Program
Spring break
Transylvania UniversityGrand Kyiv Ballet — Snow White
Mitchell Fine Arts CenterA Conversation with Hala Alyan
Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts CenterHala 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.”
