Proceeds from the reception
following the Charleston premiere of Secret
Life of Bees (Thursday, Oct. 16) will go towards LILA's
fund-raising goal of $30,000 to support the "Poets
in the Schools" program,
LILA's ongoing public school initiative. The initial
goal is to continue funding the Burke High School
poetry class and literary magazine, now in its third
year with private funding. Its first two years were
funded through a Center for Partnerships to Improve
Education at The College of Charleston. Future plans
include launching similar efforts in under-served
elementary schools in Charleston.
Find out more
about LILA and the
after-screening reception...
Find
out more
about The Secret Life of Bees...
Paul Lauter, A. K. and G. M. Smith Professor
of Literature at Trinity
College, will speak on "Multiculturalism
and Immigration Shock" on Wednesday,
Oct. 8 at 7PM (Wachovia Auditorium, Beatty
Center).
The current
social and political crisis over immigration
has helped generate a paradigm shift away from
multiculturalism and toward forms of globalized
culture. The issue of multiculturalism was
identity: who are we, and who am I? The issue
of immigration is assimilation and/or separation:
of what are we, am I, a part, and who decides?
The issue is not what constitutes an identity
that needs to be respected, but what constitutes
a viable political community. “Multiculturalism
and Immigration Shock” is an examination
of the ways the political, social and economic
issues surrounding immigration affect the study
of literature and culture.
Professor Lauter will also talk with students earlier
in the day (Oct. 8, 12PM, Stern Center 206) on literature
anthologies: how they’re made, how they’ve
changed and are still changing, and why.
Find
out more about Paul Lauter....
Ancient Highway, the 7th novel by Bret Lott, Professor of English and Writer in Residence at the College of Charleston, "weaves together the hopes and regrets of three characters from three generations as they reconcile who they are and who they might have been" (Random House website). Professor Lott will soon be on a reading and book-signing tour with stops in New Orleans, Pasadena, Albequerque, Los Alamos, and Santa Fe.
- Read more about Ancient Highway on the Random House website
- Read
reviews
of Ancient Highway from across the country
Paul Allen, prize-winning poet, essayist, and Professor of English, has just published his third collection of poetry, Ground Forces, with the Irish firm Salmon Publishing, Ltd. In October, for the offical launch of the book, Professor Allen will be reading and performing in Ireland.
- Read more about Ground Forces and read a sample poem at the Salmonpoetry website.
-See/Hear Paul Allen read poems and sing songs on his website at Sonicbids.com
- Read a review of Ground Forces by poet Marjory Wentworth in the Post & Courier
Charleston
Premiere of The Secret Life of Bees
to Benefit Lowcountry Initiative for the Literary
Arts (LILA)
The
Visiting Scholars Series Welcomes Paul Lauter to
the College of Charleston 
Just Out: Bret Lott's Ancient Highway 
