Join the Office of Sustainability, Alabama Rivers Alliance, and Auburn Outdoors for a unique film screening event! Short documentary films created as part of the 2025 Southern Exposure Film Fellowship will be shown. These films were created over the Alabama Rivers Alliance’s 6-week summer program and present vibrant, inspiring stories...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Part of the OLLI at Auburn Brown Bag Series Growing up in Georgia, artist Philip Juras could only dream of the bountiful southern nature that William Bartram documented two and a half centuries ago. Inspired by Bartram’s writing, Philip has created a body of paintings depicting both contemporary and historic...
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...
Part of the OLLI at Auburn Brown Bag Series Trees are often viewed primarily as natural resources, yet they also hold powerful places in our cultural landscapes and collective memory. Branching Out: The Public History of Trees, a 2025 essay collection from the University of Massachusetts Press, explores trees through...
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...
Still bring your mug for a warm drink! We are still having s'mores, popcorn, tea, and cocoa! Join the Office of Sustainability, Alabama Rivers Alliance, the Alabama Water Resources Center, and Auburn Outdoors for a unique outdoor film screening! Short documentary films created as part of the 2024 Southern Exposure...