Reading: Thursday, September 25, 2025 – 7:30 pm – Visual Arts Center Auditorium Jaquira Díaz was born in Puerto Rico, she was raised between Humacao, Fajardo, and Miami Beach. She is the author of the forthcoming novel This Is the Only Kingdom and Ordinary Girls: A Memoir, winner of a Whiting Award and a Florida […]
Reading: Thursday, October 9, 2025 • 7:30 pm • Green Drawing Room, Main Building Mary Favret is Professor of English at John Hopkins University. Professor Favret has been teaching literature for over 30 years to undergraduate, graduate and continuing education students. Her research often considers how experiences that seem distant or beyond our grasp nevertheless […]
Reading: Thursday, October 30, 2025 • 7:30 pm • Green Drawing Room, Main Building Heather Christle is the author of In the Rhododendrons: A Memoir with Appearances by Virginia Woolf (Algonquin) and The Crying Book (Catapult), a New York Times Editor’s Choice, Indie Next selection, and national bestseller that was translated into eight languages, awarded […]
Reading: Thursday, November 13, 2025 • 7:30 pm • Hollins Room, Library Workshop: “Translation vs. Transliteration vs. Multilingual Texts” Friday, November 14, 2025 • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm • CLE Classroom, Library Crystal Hana Kim is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Stone Home (2024), a finalist for the Maya Angelou Book […]
Hollins faculty writers read from their work to raise money for the hungry. 100% of the proceeds will be donated directly to Feeding Southwest Virginia. Come hear exciting new work by our Hollins writers and help a very good cause at the same time! Students: $5 or a nonperishable food item; general admission: $10. Sponsored […]