{"id":11995,"date":"2018-03-22T15:28:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T19:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/?p=11995"},"modified":"2018-03-22T15:28:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T19:28:05","slug":"robertson-lawless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/robertson-lawless\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers in the Library: Kristin Robertson and Daniel Lawless, April 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/files\/2018\/03\/Robertson_Lawless.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"440\" src=\"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/files\/2018\/03\/Robertson_Lawless.jpg\" alt=\"Kristin Robertson and Daniel Lawless\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2018\/03\/Robertson_Lawless.jpg 225w, https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2018\/03\/Robertson_Lawless-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2018\/03\/Robertson_Lawless-102x199.jpg 102w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>On Monday, April 2, poets Kristin Robertson and Daniel Lawless will read as part of UT\u2019s Writers in the Library reading series. <\/p>\n<p>Kristin Robertson is the author of <em>Surgical Wing<\/em> (Alice James Books, 2017). Her poetry appeared recently in <em>The Gettysburg Review, Harvard Review, Pleiades, Poetry Northwest<\/em>, and <em>Prairie Schooner<\/em>, among other journals. She has received scholarships from the Sewanee Writers\u2019 Conference and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and is the winner of the inaugural Laux\/Millar <em>Raleigh Review<\/em> Poetry Prize.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Lawless is the founder and editor of <em>Plume: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry<\/em>, editor of the <em>Plume<\/em> anthologies, and co-founder of the poetry press Plume Editions. His poems have been published in many journals, including <em>Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Solstice, The American Journal of Poetry, Asheville Review, decomP, diode, The Common, The Cortland Review, FIELD, Numero Cinq<\/em>, and <em>The Manhattan Review<\/em>, among others.  His poetry collection <em>The Gun My Sister Killed Herself With<\/em> was released in March of 2018 by Salmon Poetry Press\/Dufour Editions. Lawless has lived and taught in France and the UK and now resides in St. Petersburg, Florida. Aside from poetry, he has written critical essays and conducted author interviews; a number of autobiographical sketches drawing on his youthful experiences in Louisville, Kentucky, will be the subject of a forthcoming book.<\/p>\n<p>The reading begins at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library. The event is free and open to the public; all are encouraged to attend. <\/p>\n<p>The mission of Writers in the Library is to \u201cshowcase the work of novelists, poets, and other literary craftsmen.\u201d Some of the best voices in contemporary literature are invited to read. The series is sponsored by the UT Libraries and the Creative Writing Program in association with the John C. Hodges Better English Fund. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Erin Elizabeth Smith, Jack E. Reese Writer-in-Residence at the UT Libraries, at <a href=\"mailto:esmith83@utk.edu\">esmith83@utk.edu<\/a> or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/library.utk.edu\/writers\">http:\/\/library.utk.edu\/writers<\/a> for a complete schedule of Writers in the Library readings for the 2017-2018 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Writers.in.the.Library\">Writers.in.the.Library<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utklibwriters\">utklibwriters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, April 2, poets Kristin Robertson and Daniel Lawless will read as part of UT\u2019s Writers in the Library reading series. Kristin Robertson is the author of Surgical Wing (Alice James Books, 2017). Her poetry appeared recently in The Gettysburg Review, Harvard Review, Pleiades, Poetry Northwest, and Prairie Schooner, among other journals. 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