ETSU welcomes author Jeff VanderMeer
Award-winning author Jeff VanderMeer came to ETSU to talk with students and community members while reading an excerpt from his trilogy. On Wednesday, October 25, …
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New York Times writer comes to campus
On Oct. 4, The Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative and Mary B. Martin School for the Arts presented speaker Margaret Renkl, contributing opinion writer …
Burning books in 1933, banning books in 2022
In Athens, Tennessee, the school board of McMinn County has decided to ban a book titled “Maus” by Art Spiegelman. “Maus” is a cartoon-based based …
Mental health resources needed, available for students
The pandemic took a toll on just about everyone around the world. Whether that means a struggle to get hours at work, family members being …
Watson: ‘Rabid social, cultural critic’
After the publication of his book of essays, “Keepin’ It Real: Essays on Race in Contemporary America,” the East Tennessean sat down with ETSU history …
‘Girl in Pieces’ makes New York Times bestseller in only three months
Author Kathleen Glasgow wrote her first novel, “Girl in Pieces,” over the span of nine years and just recently published it in August. In only …