{"id":984,"date":"2017-01-23T10:47:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/?p=984"},"modified":"2017-01-23T10:47:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T15:47:35","slug":"monday-missive-january-23-2107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/blog\/2017\/01\/23\/monday-missive-january-23-2107\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive – January 23, 2107"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrating the Centennial of Carson McCullers’s Birth<\/strong> — Copper Resta\"\"<\/a>urant, known for its Indian food, is located just a few blocks from our home.\u00a0 Whenever I walk our dog along East Boulevard, we pass by it as we get our exercise.\u00a0 Our dog doesn’t seem to care that the famous novelist Carson McCullers lived in the building where Copper Restaurant is now located, but it matters to me.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>McCullers and her husband rented an apartment in the building in 1937.\u00a0 While living there, she began writing The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, <\/em>her first novel.\u00a0 She lived in Charlotte for just a year, but for those of us who are interested in Charlotte’s literary history, that’s long enough for us to claim her as a Charlotte writer and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of her birth on February 19, 1917.<\/p>\n

As part of this celebration, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, the Charlotte Film Society, and an organization called Charlotte Lit are presenting a film series showcasing three films based on McCullers’s novels.\u00a0 The series kicks off on February 5, 2017<\/span>, \"\"<\/a>with a screening of the 1968 film version of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, <\/em>starring Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke, and Cicely Tyson.\u00a0 The film will be shown at 1:30 p.m.<\/span> at ImaginOn’s Wells Fargo Playhouse.\u00a0 After the screening there will be a panel discussion, and our own Paula Eckard is one of the panelists.\u00a0\u00a0 Paula is a charter member of the Carson McCullers Society, and she often includes McCullers’s novels in her courses on Southern literature.<\/p>\n

For more information about the film series and the other events related to the centennial of McCullers’s birth, please click on the following link: http:\/\/www.charlottelit.org\/carsonmccullers\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Kudos<\/strong> — As you know, I like to use my Monday Missives to share news about recent accomplishments by members of our department.\u00a0 Here is the latest news:<\/p>\n

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Boyd Davis<\/strong> recently published a co-authored chapter titled “Challenges and Experiences in Training Multilingual, International Direct Care Workers in Dementia Care in the United States” in the edited volume Multilingual Interaction in Dementia.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Lara Vetter<\/strong>\u00a0recently published an afterword to a collection titled Modernist Women Writers and Spirituality: \u00a0A Piercing Darkness, co-<\/em>edited by Elizabeth Anderson, Andrew\u00a0Redford, and Heather Walton.<\/p>\n

Debora Rae Wenger<\/strong>, a graduate of our M.A. program, was recently named one of the nation’s ten best journalism educators.\u00a0 She is currently a professor at the University of Mississippi.\u00a0 Please click on the following link for more information:\u00a0http:\/\/hottytoddy.com\/2017\/01\/20\/wenger-professor-honored-nations-best\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Upcoming Events and Deadlines<\/strong>\u2014 Here is information about upcoming events and deadlines.
\nJanuary 27<\/strong> \u2014 The English Department meeting will take place on January 27, 2017, from 11:00-12:30<\/span> in the English Department Conference Room.<\/p>\n

February 3<\/strong> \u2014 The 17th Annual English Graduate Student Association Conference will take place on February 3, 2017<\/span>, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm<\/span> in the Cone Center Lucas Room.<\/p>\n

Quirky Quiz Question<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 In addition to writing The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, <\/em>Carson McCullers wrote three other novels.\u00a0 Can you complete the titles of her three other novels listed below?<\/p>\n

 
\nReflections in a _______ Eye<\/em><\/p>\n

The Member of the _________
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

_________ without Hands<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week’s answer: Atlanta<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In addition being a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, John Lewis has long served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives.\u00a0 His district encompasses most of what major city in the South?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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