Monday, April 18, 7PM
The major novelist Russell Banks, author of 20 published books including The Sweet Hereafter and Continental Drift, will read from new work. Evan Carton, Professor of English at UT, will interview Banks and moderate questions from the audience. A limited number of free books by Russell Banks are available for honors students. To claim a free book, visit the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007). The books we are giving away are both collections of short stories (The Angel on the Roof and Success Stories). Please only take a book if you are sure you can come to the event Monday night.

Thursday, April 21, 7PM
Nigerian-American novelist and short story writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will read from and discuss new work. Adichie is author of the bestselling novels Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun. She is also the recipient of a presitigious MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant.  While supplies last, honors students may claim a free copy of her short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck at the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007). Please only take a book if you are certain that you can attend the event Thursday night.

Wednesday, April 27, 7PM
Three top contemporary photographers who use antique photographic techniques (such as daguerrotype and bromoil processes) will show slides of their work and discuss their careers. Dan Burkholder and Jill Skupin Burkholder teach photography in New York. Robb Kendrick lives in Laredo, and is a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine.

All of these events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Matt Valentine at mvalentine@mail.utexas.edu, or call the Joynes Reading Room: 512-471-5787.