Hendrix-Murphy Foundation - Programs in Literature and Language

Drop in to meet MVF candidate Ruth Yuste-Alonso between 10 and 11 this morning. Then at 12 noon, head to Emily Harris's presentation on "Language Learning, Belonging, and Prejudice" in the Hendrix-Murphy channel.

Emily Harris '19 is passionate about the nuances of language, and she wants to share that with you! Come to the next Literature and Language, Live Online where she will discuss how language and identity intersect as well as her experience studying abroad. Join tomorrow at 12 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team. Email hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu for more info.

Tomorrow, at 7:30 p.m., Caltech physicist Leonard Mlodinow will discuss his science writing career in-person at Staples as well as in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team. Mlodinow is recognized for his ability to write about science for the public, so non-scientists can have a good understanding of it. Email hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu for more info.

Come support student playwrights as they stage their original work at 4-H: Hendrix-Grown Theatre, including: 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 by Lily Bay, 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 by Mary Dann Betbeze, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭 by Arya Mack Gilson, and 𝘐 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶, 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 by Cole McVay. Join tomorrow, Mar. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team. Email hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu for more info.

Tayari Jones, award-winning author of novels 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 and 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, will come to Hendrix to discuss her writing on Thursday, Mar. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team. Email hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu for more info. Photo credit: Tyson Horne

The day is finally here! 𝘈 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵'𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 directed by Murphy Visiting Theatre Director Gus Kaikkonen will premiere tonight at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom. Can't make it tonight? Watch the stream on Saturday, Mar. 6, at 2 p.m. instead. Fun fact: Kaikkonen's work with Shakespeare plays, under directors who worked under others in a sort of dramatic lineage, makes him 16 actors removed from Shakespeare-- so the students in this production are now 17 actors removed from the Bard himself! The link to both streams can be found in our bio.

Are you interested in connecting with a writer from Central Arkansas? Fall 2021 Writer in Residence Frederick McKindra will host a ShopTalk tomorrow, at 7:30 p.m., in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team. Email hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu for more details on how to join.

What decisions go into directing a Shakespeare play? Join us tomorrow as Gus Kaikkonen, director, takes us behind the scenes of 𝘈 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵'𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, tomorrow at 4:45 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team. Email hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu for more details on how to join.

Two poets currently teaching at Hendrix, Murphy Visiting Fellow in English Erin Hoover and Arkansas Arts Council Fellow Angie Macri, will read their work this week at Faculty Garden. Join us this Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team. Email hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu for more details on how to join.

Join us Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team for an evening with Murphy Visiting Classics Lecturer Megan Beckman, who studies language learning and how Classical mythology informs our world today. Email hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu for more details on how to join.

Join us tomorrow, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team, where Damon Tweedy, M.D., will discuss his memoir, 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘵. Email hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu for more details on how to join.

Our first Word Garden of the semester will take place on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 5:00 p.m., in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team. It will feature talented writers Sydney Boone, Rye Hazlett, Anna Brannon, and Makenzie Henderson.

For those of you who intend to apply to the Murphy Scholars Program, here's your reminder that the application is due in a week! We wish you luck as you finish it up. You can find the application here: bit.ly/3pIal4u

Are you a first-year student interested in literature or language? To learn all about the Murphy Scholars Program and how you can apply, stop by the Murphy Scholars Info Session tomorrow at 11:10 a.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team.

Murphy Scholar Maia Henderson ’21, an English-Creative Writing senior, recently conducted an interview of the poet Geffrey Davis as one of her Murphy Scholar projects this fall with guidance from Dr. Erin Hoover, the Murphy Visiting Fellow in Poetry. Davis was the 2020 winner of Arkansas’s Porter Prize for Literary Excellence. https://bit.ly/39UVoVY

Welcome back, everyone! We are so happy to have the opportunity to return to campus and interact with our wonderful students and faculty. Keep on the lookout for Hendrix-Murphy events over the course of the semester-- we have many coming up!

Happy holidays from the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation! We can't wait to see you in the new year, when we'll be back with more of the outstanding literature and language programming that enhances life at Hendrix College. Till then, be well and enjoy winter break.

Join us Friday, Nov. 13 at 3:10 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team, where Hendrix alum Mark Barr ’92 will talk about the creation of his debut novel, 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥.

Make sure to stop by the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team tomorrow at 2:10 p.m. for a discussion of 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦? created by Lily Bay, Shaundraya Jackson, Ragan Price, and Rachel Stewart. Contact Hendrix-Murphy@hendrix.edu for more information.

Join us tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team for a live reading of 𝘖𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰: 𝘈 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢, a play by Murphy Visiting Fellow in Theatre Arts Andy Vaught. Contact Hendrix-Murphy@hendrix.edu for more info.