W&L’s Leah Naomi Green Wins Walt Whitman Award for Poetry
Leah Naomi Green, visiting assistant professor of English at W&L, was selected by Li-Young Lee as the winner of the 2019 Walt Whitman Award.
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W&L Hosts Public Lecture on Ireland and ‘Brexit’ by Timothy McMahon
The title of McMahon’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is “Brexit on the Border: What We Know and Don’t Know about Irish/UK Relations.”
Washington and Lee Presents an Afternoon with Rebecca Traister
“An Afternoon with Rebecca Traister,” on Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, is free and open to the public.
Joy Harjo is Fifth Speaker in Mudd Lecture Series
The title of her talk, which is free and open to the public, is "Exile in Memory."
W&L to Host Second Annual Glasgow Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
Aimee Nezhukumatathil will give a public reading from her work on Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. in Northen Auditorium.
In Case You Missed It
Poet Oliver de la Paz to Give Public Reading at W&L
The event is free and open to the public, and books will be available for sale following the reading.
Devoney Looser to Give Annual Shannon-Clark Lecture at W&L
The talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled "Fame and Fortune in the Age of Austen."
Public Reading by Rebecca Makkai ‘99, Author of ‘The Great Believers’
The reading will be Oct. 18 at 8:15 p.m. in Northen Auditorium.
