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« Saturday May 19, 2012 »
Sat
MCB Applicant Interviews
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

The University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law Moot Court Board will be holding interviews in the following weeks to select the 2012-2013 Board.  Applicants should check their emails for details regarding interviews and how to sign up for an appointment.  If any problems arise with the sign-up process, please contact a Moot Court Executive Board Member (Paige Hamby, Luke Markuchewski, Courtney Pawley, Ashley Haile, or Pete Lay).

Kentucky Women's Book Festival
Start: 9:30 pm

The UofL Women's Center will present the sixth annual Kentucky Women's Book Festival,
Saturday, May 19 (the 3rd Saturday in May) at  Ekstrom Library. This
event brings together Kentucky women writers and their readers. Tori Murden McClure, '95, Spalding University President and author of A Pearl in the Storm, will deliver the Opening Session at 10 AM.Mary Ann Taylor-Hall will present the luncheon keynote, “A Very Odd Way To Spend a Life”, and Kentucky's Poet Laureate, Maureen Morehead, will present the closing session. Additional presenters include: 

  • Sara Havens, author of The Bar Belle – "I Want to Write A Book: The Benefits and Challenges of Self-Publishing"
  • Nancy Jensen, author of The Sisters – “Researching the Ordinary in Extraordinary Ways”
  • Deanna O’Daniel – author of Kiss Your Elbow, a Kentucky memoir
  • Kiki Petrosino – Poet and Creative Writing scholar at UofL
  • Sharon Receveur – “Bookmaking, a Thoughtful Process”
  • Glynis Ridley – “The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Biography of the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe”
  • Julie Wade – “Shifting the Gaze: from the Retrospective Memoir to the Coming of Age Narrative”

This year, one lucky festival attendee will win a free Kindle! If you're interested in volunteering, please contact Virginia Mattingly.
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