Please join us for a talk and discussion with two Vietnam combat veterans and authors on Thursday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Furman University Trone Student Center, Watkins Room. J. L. Bud Alley, Furman class of 1964 and Jim Lawrence, a 1963 graduate of the Citadel, will discuss their books and experiences during the . . .Continue reading CLP: Agony of Vietnam
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CLP: Poetry Reading
To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, the Library’s Special Collections and Archives and the English Department will co-sponsor South Carolina poet and internationally celebrated performer, Kurtis Lamkin. He will recite his poetry while accompanying himself on the kora, a twenty-one-stringed West African harp-lute. Kurtis Lamkin is a contemporary American embodiment of the ancient West . . .Continue reading CLP: Poetry Reading
CLP: Byron Hurt TONIGHT
Filmography Byron Hurt, award-winning documentary filmmaker, a published writer, and an anti-sexist activist. His most recent documentary, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. In addition, Hurt has also written, directed, and produced Soul Food Junkies, a journey into the culture of Southern soul food while studying the potential problems . . .Continue reading CLP: Byron Hurt TONIGHT
Byron Hurt CLP Postponed
CLP: Byron Hurt 2/26
Chinese Environmental Film Festival
Thursday, February 26: Narrating Environmental Challenges Film Screening at 7 pm in Burgiss Theater, Opening Night Reception to Follow (CLP) Opening remarks by Katherine Palmer Kaup and Harry Kuoshu (Furman University) The Other Half (YING Liang, 2006, 111 min.), with commentary by Harry Kuoshu (Furman University) http://dgeneratefilms.com/catalog/the-other-half-ling-yi-ban In this feature film, Xiaofen (Zeng Xiaofei) spends . . .Continue reading Chinese Environmental Film Festival
CLP: Byron Hurt – 2/26
CLP: Master Storyteller
National Poetry Month – CLP
Heaven and Earth: A National Poetry Day Celebration With 2013 South Carolina Poetry Archives Book Prize Winners Phebe Davidson and Quitman Marshall April 15 Pitts Room, James B. Duke Library 4:00-5:00p.m. Reception immediately following the reading CLP We hope you will attend!
CLP: “Values of the Game”
Be sure to mark your calendars for “Values of the Game,” a Special Collections and Archives CLP event on February 26 at 4:30pm in the Pitts Room, second floor of the James B. Duke Library! We are excited to host well-known Furman professor and chair of the Health Sciences department , Dr. Bill Pierce, as he . . .Continue reading CLP: “Values of the Game”