In May of 2013, we received a UC Faculty Development Council Grant to run a series of five workshops in order to help us determine the best ways to use The Elliston Digital Audio Archive for instruction and research. The fourth of these lectures will take place on March 29, 2014 and will be led by Michael Hennessey. This workshop will examine creative opportunities for poets and others writers.
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Elliston Alumni Fiction Reading, March 7, 2014, Joseph Bates and David James Poissant
The next reading in the Elliston Reading Series will be by alumni authors Joseph Bates and David James Poissant.
March 7, 2014, 4:00 PM, Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library
Joseph Bates is the author of Tomorrowland: Stories and The Nighttime Novelist. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in such journals as New Ohio Review, Identity Theory, South Carolina Review, The Cincinnati Review, and Shenandoah. He teaches in the creative writing program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
David James Poissant’s first story collection, The Heaven of Animals, will be published by Simon & Schuster in March 2014. His stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Playboy, One Story, The Southern Review, Ploughshares, New Stories from the South, and Best New American Voices. He teaches in the MFA program at the University of Central Florida and is at work on a novel, Class, Order Family, also forthcoming from Simon & Schuster.
Look for recordings of this presentation soon in the digital collection, The Elliston Project: Poetry Readings and Lectures at the University of Cincinnati.
Learn more about Events sponsored by the Elliston Poetry Fund.
Elliston Fiction Reading, February 21, 2014, Erin McGraw
The next reading in the Elliston Reading Series will be by author Erin McGraw.
February 21, 2014, 4:00 PM, Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library
Erin McGraw is the author of six books of fiction, most recently the satiric novel Better Food for a Better World. Her stories and essays have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, STORY, The Kenyon Review, Allure, The Southern Review, The Georgia Review, Good Housekeeping, and many other magazines and journals. She teaches fiction writing at the Ohio State University, and with her husband, the poet Andrew Hudgins, divides her time between Ohio and Tennessee.
Look for recordings of this presentation soon in the digital collection, The Elliston Project: Poetry Readings and Lectures at the University of Cincinnati.
Learn more about Events sponsored by the Elliston Poetry Fund.
Surviving the Zombie Attack at the Library
We can’t blame those were too scared to attend last Friday’s event and confront the zombies. However those who dared to come had a lot of fun. See what happened at the library after 4…
A Heart-Shaped Book for Lovers
By Mark Palkovic, CCM Library
In honor of St. Valentine’s Day this Friday, the CCM Library and the Archives and Rare Books Library present an item from the Rare Books Collection, Le Chansonnier Cordiforme, or Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu. The original manuscript dates from the 1470s and is owned by the Bibliothèque de France (Ms. Occ. Rothschild 2973). The UC Libraries’ copy is a facsimile of the original, bound in red velvet and created by Vicent García Editores of Valencia, Spain in 2007.
Study Late in Langsam Library during Midterms
Langsam Library will offer extended exam hours February 11th through 20th.
Monday-Thursday: 7:45am – 2:00am*
Friday-Saturday: 7:45am – 6:00pm
Sunday: 12:00pm – 2:00am*
Celebrating Black History Month-Cincinnati's Ted Berry
By: Kevin Grace
With a grant awarded by the National Archives and Records Administration a few years ago, we were able to process our Theodore M. Berry Papers, a collection of nearly 200 boxes that documented the life and career of Ted Berry, UC alum, first African-American mayor of Cincinnati, and a national figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Communities around the nation are celebrating Black History Month in February, and on Tuesday The Ledger-Independent in 
Maysville, Kentucky ran a very nice article about Berry, based in large part on the website that was created for the grant project. Written for the newspaper by Marla Toncray, the article was picked up by Dawn Fuller in UC’s Public Information office.
We invite you to have a look at the article at http://maysville-online.com/news/local/theodore-m-berry-rise-from-poverty-to-politics/article_867ef0e1-2ebe-5c1c-91c1-ed3a399a37f4.html. To learn more about ARB’s holdings, please go to http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/index.html, call us at 513.556.1959, or email us at archives@ucmail.uc.edu.
Zombies to Attack Langsam Library on Friday
Friday @ 4 in Langsam Library
February 7th, 2014, 4pm, 4th floor (next to the Triceracopter)
Zombies Attack!
Build your survival kit so you can (hopefully) stay alive during the zombie apocalypse!
Prizes will be awarded to the team with the best kit/most surviving members!
Food will be provided to both zombies and non-zombies alike!
C.K. Williams Poetry Reading and Master Class Rescheduled
C.K. Williams’ master class and poetry reading have been rescheduled:
Master Class: February 18, 2014, 2:00 PM
Poetry Reading: February 19, 2014, 4:00 PM
Both events will take place in the Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library.
Look for recordings of this presentation soon in the digital collection, The Elliston Project: Poetry Readings and Lectures at the University of Cincinnati.
Learn more about Events sponsored by the Elliston Poetry Fund.