{"id":70799,"date":"2025-09-10T13:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=70799"},"modified":"2025-09-10T13:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:48:30","slug":"meacham-writers-workshop-returns-to-utc-sept-24-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/meacham-writers-workshop-returns-to-utc-sept-24-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Meacham Writers\u2019 Workshop returns to UTC Sept. 24-27\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will host the Meacham Writers\u2019 Workshop from Sept. 24-27, a four-day series of free readings, discussions and literary events that connect nationally recognized authors, local voices, students and the community.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Meacham Writers\u2019 Workshop, created through an endowment established by the late Jean Meacham in memory of her husband, Ellis K. Meacham, has long connected UTC with the Chattanooga community while promoting writing as an expressive art.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All events are free and open to the public, with books available for purchase at most sessions. Event details and registration links are available at <\/span>go.utc.edu\/meacham<\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great opportunity for people to meet and celebrate writers while also improving their own writing if they want,\u201d said UC Foundation Professor Sybil Baker, workshop director and associate chair of the UTC Department of English. \u201cBecause all of our events are free and open to the public, the workshop is accessible to people of all ages and interests.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This fall\u2019s workshop places a spotlight on community, highlighting new book releases from UTC faculty and celebrating the work of alumni and local writers alongside visiting voices.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A centerpiece of the schedule is a Sept. 25 reception and book launch featuring UTC faculty Karen Babine and Andrew Najberg, and this year\u2019s Stove Works Meacham Fellow Andrea Jurjevi\u0107.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jurjevi\u0107, born in Rijeka, Croatia, is a bilingual poet, translator and visual artist. Her collections include \u201cIn Another Country,\u201d \u201cSmall Crimes,\u201d and \u201cNightcall,\u201d and her translations have been shortlisted for national awards. Her work has appeared in The Believer, The Missouri Review and The New Republic, among others. She teaches at Georgia State University and serves as poetry editor of Josephine Quarterly.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Andrea as our Stove Works Meacham Fellow,\u201d Baker said. \u201cShe\u2019s a talented cross-genre writer who also works as a visual artist, and her perspective as an immigrant and bilingual writer brings something unique to this year\u2019s program.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The workshop schedule includes:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n