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- University News Archive - ��Vlog��ý Little Rock /news-archive/tag/english-department/ ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:30:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Award-winning author Stewart ��’N�� to visit ��Vlog��ýLR /news-archive/2016/09/27/stewart-onan/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:30:34 +0000 /news/?p=65236 ...]]> Acclaimed author Stewart ��’N�� will speak at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the ��Vlog��ýLR Fine Arts Building. is the author of 16 novels, including “City of Secrets,” “West of Sunset,” “The Odds,” “Emily Alone,” “Songs for the Missing,” “Last Night at the Lobster,” “A Prayer for the Dying,” and “Snow Angels.” Along with Stephen King, he also co-authored the national bestselling nonfiction book “Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season.” ��’N��’s novel, “West of Sunset,” recently received the 2016 literary prize. “Snow Angels” won the Pirates Alley William Faulkner Prize and was made into a feature film directed by David Gordon Green and starring Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale. ��’N��’s book, “Last Night at the Lobster” was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the ��Vlog��ýLR English Department’s Visiting Writers Series and the Cooper Honors Program. For more information, contact Jeffrey Condran at jacondran@ualr.edu.]]> ��Vlog��ýLR to host award-winning author Moustafa Bayoumi /news-archive/2016/09/20/moustafa-bayoumi-2016/ Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:45:03 +0000 /news/?p=65207 ...]]> Middle Eastern studies program and English Department’s Visiting Writer Series, have joined forces to host an evening with Moustafa Bayoumi, author of “This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror.” Bayoumi is set to speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Arkansas Studies Institute, 401 President Clinton Ave. in Little Rock. Bayoumi is a professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and an award-winning author. In 2015, he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Southern Vermont College. For his most recently released work, “This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror,” he was honored with the Arab American Book Award for Non-Fiction. For his novel, “How Does It Feel To Be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America,” he won the same award as well as the American Book Award. Much of his work has been featured in major publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, and The Nation. For more information, contact Jeffrey Condran at jacondran@ualr.edu.]]> Grant funds Arts & Letters broadcast on K��Vlog��ýR /news-archive/2016/06/22/grant-funds-arts-letters-broadcast-on-kuar/ Wed, 22 Jun 2016 22:21:42 +0000 /news/?p=64628 ...]]> Now in its third year, Arts & Letters, an innovative celebration of the humanities in Arkansas, recently garnered a $9,000 grant from the to fund another year of programming. Each 30-minute episode is packed with interviews, dramatizations, and original music, all tailored to a unique theme, ranging from local civil rights battles to the Arkansas alligator gar. Dr. J. Bradley Minnick, a ��Vlog��ýLR associate professor of English, is the creator, project director, host, and scriptwriter for the series, which airs on K��Vlog��ýR as well as online as a podcast. ’s Chris Hickey serves as the show’s sound engineer and associate producer; Shannon Lausch of the ��Vlog��ýLR Center for Arkansas History and Culture provides archival materials for various shows. This is the second consecutive year the council has sponsored Arts & Letters. Minnick describes the show as “kaleidoscopic,” meaning that it weaves together a variety of aural elements to create a cohesive scene. The producers use sound bites, interview clips, acting, music, and more to immerse the listener in a certain moment, whether it be 13th century Italy or a 1980s living room. As they create this experience, Arts & Letters team members also work to design a show that is engaging and appropriate for listeners of all ages. The program fills a major gap in current podcast offerings — few other shows pay adequate attention to the arts in the South, Minnick said. “If you look at a lot of the podcasts that are on now, they often highlight the intellectual work in the Northeast — New York, Boston,” Minnick explains. “And I really wanted to highlight the intellectual and cultural work that was being done in the South.” While they certainly feature ��Vlog��ýLR scholars and projects, Minnick and his collaborators are intentional about seeking stories from both within and outside the ��Vlog��ýLR community. “I think it’s really important that the folks in Little Rock have a sense of the neat stuff that’s happening not only at this university but regionally and at other universities in the area,” Minnick said. Listeners can access episodes of Arts & Letters on . Pictured in the upper right: Dr. J. Bradley Minnick]]>