Jim Minic's debut novel, Fire Is Your Water, was named the 2017 Appalachian Book of the Year by the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival.
World-renowned author Rebecca Skloot is headed to Augusta University to discuss her book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
Augusta University has partnered with Paine College and the Columbia County Library to host three events to celebrate the legacy of Henrietta Lacks.
On Friday, March 17, the Department of English and Foreign Languages at Augusta University will host its fifth annual Writer’s Weekend, a conference for emerging writers. The two-day event will include lectures, readings and workshops with award...
In March, years of work will come to fruition with the release of assistant professor of English Jim Minick’s new novel. Minick’s novel, titled, Fire Is Your Water, asks the question, what happens to a healer when she can no longer heal...
Next month, Augusta University students will have the opportunity to hear the printed word come alive at the 41st annual Sand Hills Writers Series. This year’s series features female authors Crystal Wilkinson and Darnell Arnoult. Each writer will...
Few students have the opportunity to read an author’s newest release and then speak to the writer about the work. At Augusta University, it’s an annual opportunity provided by the Department of English & Foreign Languages in the Pamplin College...
The Department of English & Foreign Languages at Augusta University welcomes award-winning author and activist Janisse Ray to campus on Wednesday, April 27, for a reading and discussion of Ray’s first novel, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood. The...
The Department of English and Foreign Languages at Augusta University will host its 4th Annual Writers Weekend on Friday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom on the Summerville Campus. A reception for authors and...