Events

Upcoming Events for Spring 2012:

*All events take place at the Smith-McCullers House unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, February 23 - 8 p.m.: CSU Faculty/Student Reading Series featuring English Department Professor Joseph Francavilla and Creative Writing student Matt Rogers

Saturday, February 25 - 5 p.m.: Meeting of SouthLit Reading Group. Discussion of Truman Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms with snacks!

Thursday, March 15 – 6:30 p.m. (Columbus Public Lib.) A Celebration of Carson McCullers for Women’s History Month . Dr. Courtney George, Director of the Carson McCullers Center, will speak on Carson’s life and work.

 Thursday, March 22 – 6:30 p.m. (Columbus Public Lib.) Two lectures including:

                  Carson McCullers’ Columbus . A look at the historical context in which McCullers grew up – by Dr. Virginia Causey, CSU Professor of History.

                 “Carson’s Midtown: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” – by Anne King, Exec. Director of MidTown, Inc. Reception to follow.

Friday, March 23 -1:30 p.m.: English Department Faculty Lecture Series featuring Dr. Joe McCallus

Friday, March 23 - 7 p.m. : An Artbeat of Columbus Event: Arden Reading Tour featuring 6 of CSU's finest Creative Writing   Students

Saturday, March 31 - 5 p.m. An Artbeat of Columbus Event: A Reading on the Eve of National Poetry Month featuring Brooke Champagne, Brock Guthrie, Chris Shipman, and Megan Volpert

Friday, April 6: Todd Boss (talk at 4 and reading at 7:30): a Georgia Poetry Circuit event with a reading by critically acclaimed Minnesota poet whose collections include Yellowrocket and the forthcoming Pitch.

Friday, April 20: New Plains Press presents a reading with the Alabama Mystics

Friday, April 27- 1:30 p.m.: English Department Faculty Lecture Series featuring Dr. Nick Norwood