Jameela F. Dallis, a multidisciplinary writer, curator, art collector, and scholar based in Durham, NC, will give a reading from her first full-length poetry collection, “Encounters for the Living and the Dead” (River River Books, 2025). The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signing.

UNCG alums Jen Julian and Mackenzie Kozak will return to campus to give a special reading of fiction and poetry. Join us to celebrate homecoming and these alumni publications: Julian’s debut novel, Red Rabbit Ghost, and Kozak’s new collection of poems, no swaddle (winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize). A part of the Department of English’s 2025 Homecoming Celebration, the event will be preceded by a reception. It is free and open to the public.

“The Great Conversation Series”  features some of humanity’s most challenging questions as topics. It is hosted by the UNCG Philosophy Department and is free and open to the public.

Join The Greensboro Review and local independent presses at a reading to celebrate the release of new collections by James Daniels (MFA at UNCG alum) and Hillsborough, NC poet Matt Poindexter. The reading is free and open to the public.

Join UNCG for this all-day event on the theme, “Better Food Futures,” featuring panels on the intersection of food and the humanities, food security, environmental justice, land stewardship and farming communities from the perspectives of local farmers, practitioners, film makers and faculty.

Join the Greensboro literary community for an evening with Barbara Presnell, a lifelong Southerner who studied creative writing at UNCG and is now Senior Lecturer Emerita at UNC Charlotte. Presnell will read from her new memoir, Otherwise, I’m Fine, a daughter’s story of unresolved grief and a family’s hard-won healing. This event is free and open to the public; it will be followed by a book signing.