Join Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities to celebrate the publication of children’s book Betsey Scott Harper: The Story of an Auburn First Family with author Dr. Terrance Vickerstaff and other Harper descendants at Pebble Hill. Betsey Scott Harper was enslaved to Nathaniel J. Scott, a founder of...
Join the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities, Department of English, and Southern Humanities Review in the College of Liberal Arts at Pebble Hill for the Third Thursday Poetry Series featuring Julia Phillips & Rodney Leonard. Julia Phillips is the author of the bestselling novels Bear and Disappearing Earth, which was a finalist for...
Dr. Clayborne Carson has devoted his professional life to the study of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the African-American freedom struggle. In 1985, the late Coretta Scott King invited Dr. Carson to direct a long-term project to edit and publish the papers of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Under Carson’s...
In Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope, Catherine Coleman Flowers explores the intersection of environmental issues, civil rights, and social justice through both personal and political lenses. Flowers draws on her experience fighting for vulnerable rural communities of color who lack access to clean, safe environments, weaving...
Mr. Gray, perhaps the most noted civil rights attorney in the nation, will reflect on his unique and storied journey arguing for the constitutional rights of African Americans. In his first ten years as a lawyer, Attorney Gray was legal counsel in what would become four landmark U.S. Supreme Court...
Refreshments and book sales will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM. Jacqueline Allen Trimble is a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow (Poetry), a Cave Canem Graduate Fellow, and an Alabama State Council on the Arts Literary Fellow (2017, 2023). Her poetry...
Refreshments and book sales will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM. Joe Wilkins was born and raised on the Big Dry of eastern Montana and now lives with his family in the foothills of the Coast Range of Oregon, where he directs the creative...
Refreshments and book sales will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM. Joe Wilkins was born and raised on the Big Dry of eastern Montana and now lives with his family in the foothills of the Coast Range of Oregon, where he directs the creative...
The Auburn University Intergenerational Working Group invites faculty, staff and students from all disciplines to attend and engage in a campus-wide symposium focused on connecting generations through teaching, research and community engagement. Register at this link.
Cecily Parks received a BA from Rice University in 1999, an MA in poetry from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars in 2000, an MFA in poetry from Columbia University in 2005, and a PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2011. Parks is the author of three poetry...
Shannon Milliman is an accomplished poet and writer whose work explores the intersection of personal truth and courageous risk-taking with a distinct voice of the ages. With a background in theatre and a passion for creative expression, Milliman brings a unique perspective to her writing, blending lyrical language with vivid...
True Lewis is a family historian and U.S. Army veteran whose research began with her family’s oral traditions in Bullock County, Alabama. Inspired by her 2nd great-grandfather, enslaved Granddaddy Ike, she has traced her ancestry to her 5th great-grandfather, a patriot of the American Revolution. A member of the National...