Melanie McGurr, University Libraries and readers from her class shared a collection of readings in honor of Jane Austen.

Chiquita Mullins Lee, Pamela Talbert Hamilton, Jeannetta Holliman and Rodlyn H. Douglas

reading a piece they wrote collaboratively called Twelve, a creative nonfiction work. The dramatic reading recounts and

weaves together the individual stories of the authors at the age of 12. The stories are told in the voices of the 12-year-old

girls.

Los Estados Unidos dentro y fuera: Narrativas de Marti y Galeano. Ignacio Corona, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Dept.

Julia and Joyce: Two Fifties Outsiders Tell their stories: David Stebenne, Department of History will read selections from Julia Child's memoir entitled My Life in France and Karen Simonean, director of Media and Public Relations for the Wexner Center, will read from Joyce Johnson's Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir.

Doug Dangler, Associate Director of The Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing and host of Writers Talk on WCBE (90.5 FM) shared Shut up You are Fine by Andrew Hudgins, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut and The Patriot Witch by C.C. Finlay.

Chan Park-Miller, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, performed Geomungo Sanjo and a piece of p¡¯ansori, ShimgChung-ga, Korean Storysinging.

E. Gordon Gee will share his favorite reading. Maryann Walther-Keisel, Center for East European and Slavic Studies, will read from Viy by Nikolai Gogol, a Slavic supernatural tale and possibly other scary tales.

Sandra Alexander read from The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise And Fulfill A

Dream and also presented scenes from her brother, Durand Alexander's indie film Grandpa's House.

Ann Hamilton shares four texts that inspired her floor installation project in Thompson Library.

Candace Stout and Cody Henderhan, Department of Art Education, shared readings from The Flower Teachers: Stories for a New Generation--- a collection of stories of public school art teachers" narratives of their early experiences in teaching.