Reading: Thursday, February 26, 2026 • 7:30 pm • Green Drawing Room, Main Building drea brown is a Hollins alumna, queer Black feminist poet-scholar whose writing has appeared in journals and anthologies such as Stand Our Ground: Poems for Marissa Alexander and Trayvon Martin, Smithsonian Magazine, Southern Indiana Review, Bellingham Review, and About Place Journal. […]
Second year MFA in Creative Writing students will read from their work. Each night will consist of three or four students reading for fifteen minutes in a variety of genres. There will be a small reception following each reading on the Porches of Main. Sponsored by the Department of English and Creative Writing
Date: March 12th Time: TBD Location: Keynote presentation – Talmadge Hall, Hollins University; Book Signing following presentation – Lewis Reading Room, Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University Joint event: Leading EDJ and BLI Leading Together series Description: In this keynote presentation, Vanessa Priya Daniel, author of Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone […]
Second year MFA in Creative Writing students will read from their work. Each night will consist of three or four students reading for fifteen minutes in a variety of genres. There will be a small reception following each reading on the Porches of Main. Sponsored by the Department of English and Creative Writing
Second year MFA in Creative Writing students will read from their work. Each night will consist of three or four students reading for fifteen minutes in a variety of genres. There will be a small reception following each reading on the Porches of Main. Sponsored by the Department of English and Creative Writing
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen, directed by E.B. Smith When: April 9-11 at 7:30 pm and April 11 at 2 pm Where: Hollins Theatre Main Stage What: She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes […]
Readers: Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Rajia Hassib, and Nina MacLaughlin Julian Talamantez Brolaski (it / xe / them) is a poet and country singer, the author of Of Mongrelitude (Wave Books, 2017), Advice for Lovers (City Lights, 2012), and gowanus atropolis (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2011). Julian is a 2023 Bagley Wright lecturer, a 2021 Pew Foundation […]
Date: April 20th Time: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM 5:00 PM: Networking 5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Speaker/Workshop Location: Grandin CoLab (Event Space) Description: As managers and executives integrate AI tools into workplaces with a goal of boosting performance, they’re discovering unexpected challenges where artificial intelligence meets human cognition. This intersection creates new forms of workplace stress and requires […]
Reading: Thursday, April 23, 2026 • 7:30 pm • Green Drawing Room, Main Building Professor T.J. Anderson III was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and is a poet and musician. He is the author of several works, including t/here it is (Omnidawn Press, 2023), Devonte Travels the Sorry Route (Omnidawn Press, 2019), Cairo Workbook (Willow Books, […]
An open reading by Hollins seniors and graduating Creative Writing MFA students. One last chance to hear our favorite student writers read before they depart. Note to readers: readings should be brief (i.e., 1-2 pages of poetry or 1-2 pages of prose). Readers will sign up to read prior to the event. Sponsored by the […]
Date: May 11th Time: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM 5:00 PM: Networking 5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Speaker/Workshop Location: Grandin CoLab (CoLaboration Space) Description: While traditional leadership discourse has centered on leadership style or capacity, followers play a significant role in co-creating culture and outcomes. This talk adds to the leadership development toolkit by examining the dynamic intersection of […]
More information regarding the comprehensive schedule for Commencement Weekend, including the featured speaker, will be provided in early March.
Website: https://commencement.press.hollins.edu/