Community of readers. So thats who were really trying to gather around over the course of the weekend. Not only professional writers, but folks who write for their own just enjoyment and creative purposes. And anyone who loves to read anything. Any connection with the local universities here, absolutely. Weve got a longgoing collaboration with the [inaudible] at vanderbilt university. They help us program a special [inaudible] all the kings men. Absolutely. Thats right. This year among a couple of special tracks that we have going on, we have one that is, you mentioned all the kings men, the Pulitzer Prizes are are celebrating their 100th anniversary, and as part of commemorating the centennial, the robert m. Warren center at vanderbilt [inaudible] some of which actually talk about robert warrens influence as a poet and as a novelist. So really its important artists who won pulitzers in two categories rarely. So, but the Warren Center at vanderbilt, very special partners of the festiva
The robert m. Warren center at vanderbilt [inaudible] some of which actually talk about robert warrens influence as a poet and as a novelist. So really its important artists who won pulitzers in two categories rarely. So, but the Warren Center at vanderbilt, very special partners of the festival every year. Youll also see University Presses set up all over the plaza here, the folks at the University Presses and at Humanity Centers around the state, really important to help us make this such a great and diverse program. Tim henderson, whats your background . Howd you get involved well, ive been at humanities tennessee for nearly 20 year, identify been the e. D. For ive been the e. D. For just over four. I mean, i came out of academia and was teaching english literature, got back to nashville after many years, had found the council, and it was just love at first sight. I mean, the work that humanities tennessee does is not only important, its an enthusiastic group and a great bunch of su
these damaging storms throughout our area. one of the hardest hit areas, harford county, storms ripped rooftops from buildings. you can see the damage from sky team 11 where trees were strewn across roads and motorists had to navigate around downed power lines. baltimore county suffered lots of damage in some parts. a massive tree crashed into this home in west towson and downed trees plagued areas further west in carroll county and as you can see, we ll show you a whopper of a tree that destroyed part of a home there. what a mess! we do have live team coverage of the devastation and how residents are cleaning up this morning. 11 news reporter lowell melser in towson and we begin right now with meteorologist ava marie. good morning. good morning. fortunately, things are much calmer today as those cleanup efforts continue. it s currently 61 degrees at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. the skies are mostly clear and the humidity is dropping down to 75%. winds northwest at 6 miles