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Feb 04 2026

2026 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence, Ross Gay, Reading


In his book of essays Inciting Joy, Ross Gay writes, “…we often think of joy as meaning “without pain,” or “without sorrow,” “[but] …what if joy needs sorrow?” In these… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Tagged: Department of English and Comparative Literature, UNC English

Sep 03 2025

2025 Thomas Wolfe Prize and Lecture with Tressie McMillan Cottom


2025 Thomas Wolfe Prize recipient, Tressie McMillan Cottom, will give a reading on Tuesday, September 30 at 7:30pm in Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall on UNC-CH campus. Dr. Tressie McMillan… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Tagged: UNC, UNC English, unc faculty, UNC Humanities

May 14 2024

Beyond Spring Cleaning: Confronting the Strange Magic of Personal Possessions


Many of us have been—or will be—called upon to clean out the home of a loved one or cull our own possessions when moving or downsizing. When the antique-dealer parents… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Tagged: chapel hill, chapelhill, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC English

Mar 30 2020

These UNC students combined reading and community service for A Novel Idea


These UNC students combined reading and community service for A Novel Idea

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: A Novel Idea, Book Harvest, chapel hill, Literature, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC creative writing, UNC English

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