Mar 17, 2021 | American History, Arkansas and the Region, Poetry and Literature
View a recording of the discussion of Findley’s new book, Shared Secrets: The Queer World of Newbery Medalist Charles J. Finger.
Feb 26, 2021 | Poetry and Literature
Michael McGriff’s Eternal Sentences, winner of the 2021 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, bears witness to the world of gravel roads, working-class families, and geographic isolation in poems that illuminate both common occurrence and the territories of the surreal. Here,...
Feb 16, 2021 | Arkansas and the Region, News, Poetry and Literature
Join the University of Arkansas Libraries and Press for a discussion of Shared Secrets.
Jan 25, 2021 | News, Poetry and Literature, Review
Zaina Alsous’s A Theory of Birds is a marvel in using scientific theory and classification to explore womanhood, exile, minority experience, the effects of war, and post-colonialism. The poet uses different kinds and classifications of birds as a binding metaphor...
Jan 20, 2021 | Poetry and Literature
For nearly a century, British expatriate Charles Joseph Finger (1867–1941) was best known as an award-winning author of children’s literature. In Shared Secrets, Elizabeth Findley Shores relates Finger’s untold story.
Nov 23, 2020 | Event, Poetry and Literature
A virtual conversation, inspired by the work of and legacy of one of Iran’s outstanding cultural figures of the 20th century, Forugh Farrokhzad, featuring Sholeh Wolpé, Jasmin Darznik and Shabnam Piryaei, with emcee Persis Karim, will take place Thursday,...