• Feminist Book Club: I Who Have Never Known Men

    Friendly City Books, 109 5th Street North, Columbus, 39701, United States

    In this final book club of fall 2026, we will discuss the newly translated edition of Jacqueline Harpman’s speculative fiction novel, I Who Have Never Known Men. The book explores female friendship in a post-apocalyptic setting. 1884 Lessa Harvey’s Feminist Book Club began through her collaboration with Friendly City Books during the Nancy Yates Community […]

  • “It Takes a Lot of Money to Look This Cheap”: Authenticity at the Heart of the Tacky South

    Nissan Auditorium, Parkinson Hall

    What is it about Dolly Parton that has made her universally beloved, admired, and grieved? Throughout her career, she emphasized both the fun fakeness of her physical appearance–her wigs, makeup, and rhinestone-studded wardrobe–as well as the very real values at the heart of her work: her creativity, charity, and caring for others. The contrast between […]