Author Meets Readers
Launched in Fall 2020, our Author Meets Readers series connects humanities scholars or writers and their research with lifelong readers and learners. Individual sessions run for one hour, are facilitated by the Tanner Humanities Center Director or campus and community experts, and feature insights into the research and writing process, the impact of humanities scholarship on culture and society, and an audience discussion.
Previous Author Meets Readers sessions featured Annie Fukushima, Migrant Crossings: Witnessing Human Trafficking in the US; Martha Jones, Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All; Heather Houser, Infowhelm: Environmental Art and Literature in an Age of Data; and Paisley Rekdal, Appropriate: A Provocation.
Upcoming Author Meets Readers Sessions
October 6, 2022 at 7pm
Author Meets Readers Session with Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and is serving her second term as the 23rd US Poet Laureate.
Location: Kingsbury Hall
March 2, 2023
Author Meets Readers Session with Britt Wray
Author of, "Generation Dread" - Britt Wray is an author and leading researcher at the intersection of mental health and climate change.
Registration information coming soon.