University of Arkansas Fort Smith's "Read This" 2014 book is "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien.
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"Tilted World" by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly, both University of Arkansas graduates, takes readers inside a different era,when Prohibition was big business and foot travel was as likely as horse or car travel in rural Mississippi. The two will read from their novel Friday evening at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
A collection of historical documents and books are on loan to the University of Arkansas this semester.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, while there won't be a red carpet, Eureka Springs will recognize achievement in independent film this weekend. Plus, an exhibit allowing patrons to get hands-on with some of the first pages and books ever printed. And, Becca Martin Brown talks haggis.
A collection of historical documents and books are on loan to the University of Arkansas this semester.
We speak with An Na, author of A Step From Heaven, a book that was awarded the Michael L. Prince Award when it was published a decade ago. Critics and reviewers commended the book's characters for speaking like a child without being too precocious or condescending. The author will speak this week in Fayetteville.We speak with An Na, author of A Step From Heaven, a book that was awarded the Michael L. Prince Award when it was published a decade ago. Critics and reviewers commended the book's characters for speaking like a child without being too precocious or condescending. The author will speak in Fayetteville later this month.
Pearl Brick tells us about her guitar, and plays another song in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.Today's week in review looks back at the school-related news we've aired over the past seven days.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a roundtable discussion on workforce education in the state. And, and an effort to expand the footprint of Gulley Park.
Dan Craft, special projects reporter for Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, outlines a story in Sunday's paper focused on the idea of turning this area in the green version of Silicon Valley.
UA volleyball head coach Robert Pulliza stops by to discuss the Razorbacks' upcoming homes matches against Kentucky and Tennessee.
"Born to Be Wild" by Timbuk 3
Two Green Forest men are the first to be sentenced in federal district court in Harrison, under the new Matthew Shepard and James Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. We speak with U.S. District Attorney Conner Eldridge.
“Spiritual” by Midnight Choir
Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com explains how the Arkansas River has changed in the past few years.
W. Dale Warren from the University of Arkansas Music Department discusses the upcoming University of Arkansas Symphonic Band and the UA Wind Symphony concerts.
