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<\/a>Holsinger<\/p><\/div>\u201cThis is a great way to be introduced to a new author you might not have heard about before,\u201d said Dr. Christina M. Fitzgerald, UT professor of English and director of the Humanities Institute.<\/p>\n
Holsinger new novel, The Invention of Fire,<\/em> has received starred reviews in Publisher\u2019s Weekly and Library Journal and was named an Amazon Book of the Month in April. It is set in medieval London when gun violence in the Western world begins to emerge in society for the first time and follows John Gower, the protagonist, as he investigates the killings caused by a new and terrifying weapon called \u201chandgonnes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEven though [Holsinger] writes about the past, the significance of \u2018handgonnes\u2019 to the plot of his current book is very timely,\u201d Fitzgerald said. \u201cSometimes the study of the past or the creative presentation of it can speak to our own day and age in prescient and important ways, and I think that\u2019s true of Holsinger\u2019s latest book.\u201d<\/p>\n Additionally, Holsinger teaches courses on medieval and modern literature at the University of Virginia, and has taught historical fiction in a massive open online course called Plagues, Witches and War: The Worlds of Historical Fiction.<\/p>\n The event is hosted by the Humanities Institute in the College of Languages, Literature and Social Sciences. It seeks to sustain the work of humanities scholars at UT and to spread knowledge and expertise to a larger community of learners both inside and outside the University.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Humanities Institute promotes all of the disciplines in the humanities,\u201d Fitzgerald said. \u201cOur events this year have been cross-disciplinary with an underlining theme in history.\u201d<\/p>\n For more information on Holsinger and his work, visit bruceholsinger.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n