Like Magic
This UT Southern and UT Chattanooga graduate always knew she wanted to be a writer, but the Simon and Schuster/Atheneum author with two books to her credit still finds it a little unreal. Continue reading Like Magic
Tag: Authors
Stories Well Told
Dr. Mukta Panda champions the human connection in medicine. Continue reading Stories Well Told
Make ’Em Laugh
An excerpt from Carl Wolfson’s Slide!, a tragicomedy about the 1964 Philadelphia Phillies team collapse as well as about Wolfson, his family and the city. Continue reading Make ’Em Laugh
Silencing the Sneer
Since the sixth grade, this novelist dealt with anxiety, self-doubt and depression. After she crumpled under its weight, she found her way through. Continue reading Silencing the Sneer
Smoky Mountain Stories
UT Press captures a national park’s history. Continue reading Smoky Mountain Stories
A Physician’s Journey
Dr. Robert Proffitt has written the story of his interactions and lessons learned with the famous and not-so-famous in his lifelong family practice. Continue reading A Physician’s Journey
And You Thought They Were UT Alumni…
Meet a few of UT’s favorite adopted sons and daughters who put their stamps on the university. Continue reading And You Thought They Were UT Alumni…
UTC Library Opens
Chancellor Emeritus Roger Brown cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the UTC Library before hundreds of attendees who came from the community and the campus to tour and admire the beautiful new academic hub. Students, alumni, faculty and … Continue reading UTC Library Opens
New Years and Old Ones
Three UT students, a Lincoln Continental and a long trip to Texas Continue reading New Years and Old Ones
Life in the Delta
John Hodges shares insights as son of a sharecropper Continue reading Life in the Delta
Journey of Life and Letters
Jon Manchip White was an author, screenwriter and spy. Continue reading Journey of Life and Letters
Sharing is Good
The “sharing economy” or “collaborative consumption” is giving age-old ideas like renting, bartering and swapping a 21st-century makeover. Now, instead of being limited to our neighbors, we can share things with people all over the world. Continue reading Sharing is Good
Rewriting History
Cherie Priest writes steampunk hits. Continue reading Rewriting History
The Warrior Poets
The author and the soldier live in different worlds, but sometimes those worlds collide. On rare occasions, pen and sword are both wielded deftly by the same hand. Continue reading The Warrior Poets
Southern Scribe
Mississippi native Minrose Gwin (Knoxville ’67, ‘83) tells the Tennessee Alumnus about the inspiration for her new book Remembering Medgar Evers, Writing the Long Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading Southern Scribe
The Effect of Cornmeal
Later I understood why: Cornmeal is in your bones, y’all. It’s part of surviving in war and peace in a way that yeast bread is not. Continue reading The Effect of Cornmeal
Books in Common
Henrietta Lacks, Boy Who Harnessed the Wind have students talking. Continue reading Books in Common
Take Two Aspirin and Write a Novel
A physician segues into literary territory Continue reading Take Two Aspirin and Write a Novel
Lady Vols: In the Beginning
In only three decades old, the Lady Vols have given us thrills, chills, championships, and many accomplished lives. Continue reading Lady Vols: In the Beginning
Bookshelf
Steve Ash’s history of a black Civil War regiment and A. Scott Pearson’s medical science-fiction thriller. Continue reading Bookshelf
Your Last Name
From her home in Cary, North Carolina, Kelly Utt-Grubb runs a one-of-a-kind business: a family naming resource. Continue reading Your Last Name
The Pleasure is All Mine
Research scientist Jonathan Balcombe posits in his book Pleasurable Kingdom that humans aren’t the only animals capable of feeling pleasure. Continue reading The Pleasure is All Mine
Set to Rights
Dr. Michael Lofaro is editing a new series of James Agee’s work, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, A Death in the Family. Continue reading Set to Rights