Event: Gaines Center Welcomes Poet Jarita Davis

On Thursday, Nov. 3, Dr. Jarita Davis will visit the Ernest J. Gaines Center to read from her newest poetry collection, Return Flights. The poems in the collection are described as "varying from narrative to imagist to lyrical" and reflective of the "sodade" of Cape Verdean culture that is shaped by separation and longing."

Dr. Davis's work has appeared in Southwestern Review, Cave Canem Anthologies, Crab Orchard Review, Plainsongs, and Verdad Magazine. She holds a PhD from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Event: 4th Annual Gaines Lecture Series

Dr. Thadious Davis will deliver the 4th Annual Ernest J. Gaines Lecture on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 11 a.m. to noon.

Dr. Davis, who is Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, will give a lecture titled "The Afterlives of Southern Rememory: Ernest J. Gaines' Narratology."

Labor Day Library Hours

Sept. 2 – 5, 2016

Friday, Sept. 2 | 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 3 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 4 | 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 5 | CLOSED

Special Collections | Labor Day Weekend | CLOSED

All public service departments, including the Circulation/Reserve Desk, Interlibrary Loan, Reference Desk/Chat, Reference Online Center (ROC) Lab, and STEP Labs, close 15 minutes before the building closes.

Film Screening: "Dogs on the Inside"

On Sunday, Aug. 21 at 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Dupré Library will host a screening of the documentary Dogs on the Inside (2014) in the Bayou Bijou of the Student Union. The film tells "the story of a partnership between a Massachusetts prison and a dog shelter that gives both rescue dogs and inmates a new lease on life."

The event is part of Freshman Week activities on the campus of UL Lafayette. It is free and open to the public.

Room name/number: Bayou Bijou

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