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Apr
17

Forgetting Lyric: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and American

A talk from Virginia Jackson, Univ. of California, Irvine

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

April 17, 2019, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Description

Forgetting Lyric: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and American Sentiment April 17th, 4pm in the Dresher Center (PAHB 216). The event will be followed by light refreshments.  This talk will place...

Feb
18

Fiction Reading: Michael Downs

English Department Reading Series

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : 7th floor

Date & Time

February 18, 2019, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Description

On February 18, 2019, the English Department Reading Series will be hosting novelist Michael Downs. Our focus this year is on writers who actively build and sustain Baltimore’s unique literary...

Oct
12

6th Annual BIG PRIZE POETRY SLAM at UMBC's 2018 HOMECOMING

Enter UMBC's BIG PRIZE POETRY SLAM and win BIG!

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : Ground Floor Atrium

Date & Time

October 12, 2018, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Description

6th Annual BIG PRIZE POETRY SLAM at UMBC's 2018 HOMECOMING SLAM BIG!  WIN BIG!   $200 Grand 1st Place Prize. Prizes for 2nd and 3rd Place.   FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 6:30-8:30 pm in the...

Sep
26

Speak[ing] Out for Banned Books

Countering Censorship and the Silencing of Stories

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : 7th floor

Date & Time

September 26, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

"Speak[ing] Out for Banned Books": Countering Censorship and the Silencing of Stories in the Twenty-First Century Throughout our history, books have been targeted for removal in libraries and...

Apr
30

2018 Bartleby Launch

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn

Date & Time

April 30, 2018, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Description

Bartleby is the creative arts journal of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Composed solely of student submissions in the areas of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and visual art,...