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Sewanee

A ‘smorgasbord of voices’: Checking in on the Sewanee Review, Tennessee’s 130-year-old literary magazine

Cynthia Abrams

March 22, 2025

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While New York City is often considered the “capital” of the literary world, Tennessee is actually home to one of the nation’s longest-running literary magazines: The Sewanee Review.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: literary magazine, literature, Sewanee, Sewanee Review

The Sewanee Review: The revival of Tennessee’s storied literary magazine

Cynthia Abrams

March 18, 2025

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The Sewanee Review, based in Sewanee, Tennessee, is the nation’s oldest continuously published literary quarterly.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: literary magazine, literature, Sewanee, Sewanee Review

Sewanee Reverses Course, Opts To Revoke Charlie Rose’s Honorary Degree

Emily Siner

March 22, 2018

Listen Sewanee has decided to revoke one of its honorary degrees — a first for the Episcopal school. 

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education, Sewanee

A Move By Sewanee Faculty Reopens Possibility Of Revoking Charlie Rose’s Honorary Degree

Emily Siner

February 28, 2018

Sewanee professors want the university to rescind an honorary degree given to veteran journalist Charlie Rose two years ago. At a faculty senate meeting Monday, the group unanimously approved an “advisory motion” that says they want to see Rose’s honors revoked immediately, according to a letter sent by Sewanee’s president. That will now be passed […]

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education, Sewanee

Sewanee Theology Professors Say Charlie Rose’s Sins Are Bad Enough To Rescind His Honorary Degree

Emily Siner

February 22, 2018

Professors in Sewanee’s School of Theology have entered the debate over whether the university should revoke an honorary degree that it gave to broadcast journalist Charlie Rose in 2016.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: religion, Sewanee

Despite Calls From Students, Sewanee Declines To Rescind Honorary Degree For Charlie Rose

Emily Siner

February 16, 2018

Sewanee, a liberal arts university in Middle Tennessee, has decided it will not revoke an honorary degree it awarded to Charlie Rose in 2016. The veteran news anchor was accused by several women late last year of making unwanted sexual advances in the workplace, and some students at Sewanee: The University of the South had wanted […]

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Sewanee, sexual harassment

At A Family’s Request, Sewanee Decides To Relocate Confederate Memorial

Chas Sisk

October 24, 2017

Listen The University of the South in Sewanee is relocating a 77-year-old memorial to a Confederate general, after determining there was little reason for the stone marker to stand at an intersection just off the school’s main campus.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Civil War, Sewanee

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