Panel on War Photography – Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m.
Three distinguished photojournalists will visit the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007) on Thursday, April 5, to participate in a panel entitled “Picturing Crisis: Engaging the Viewer.” Photographers Mimi Chakarova, Scott Dalton and Stephen Ferry will show slides from their award-winning work in Colombia, Mexico, Iraq, Gaza and elsewhere, and discuss the methodologies and ethics of their profession. This event is free and open to everybody. Light refreshments will be served. (See flyer, attached, for more information.)
A reading by the award-winning poet Marie Howe – Friday, April 13, 7 p.m.
On Friday, April 13, at 7 p.m. in the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007), poet Marie Howe will read from her most recent book, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her other collections of poetry include What the Living Do and The Good Thief, which was selected by Margaret Atwood for the 1987 National Poetry Series. Howe has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. She teaches poetry at Columbia University, New York University, and Sarah Lawrence College. The Joynes Reading Room will give away free copies of Marie’s Howe’s books (to honors students only) in advance of her visit. Supplies are limited. Inquire at the front desk in the Joynes Room.
For more information, call 512-471-5787 or write to mvalentine@mail.utexas.edu.