A selection of the essays presented at this year’s conference is available from the University Press of Mississippi. It is also available from the University of Mississippi Libraries at this call number: PS3511.A86 Z7778 1988.

Schedule

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1988
Sunday, July 31st
1:00 PM

Boys of Mississippi: Paintings by Glennray Tutor and Bill Dunlap

Glennray Tutor
Bill Dunlap

University Museums

1:00 PM

3:00 PM

Opening Session. Welcome, Awards Presentation, Deep Pop: A Panel Discussion

R. Gerald Turner, University of Mississippi
William Ferris, University of Mississippi
Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
Bill Dunlap
Glennray Tutor

Education Auditorium

3:00 PM

5:30 PM

Buffet Supper

Conference Attendees

Howorth Home/Old Taylor Road

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Performance: "Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write?"

John Maxwell

Fulton Chapel

8:00 PM

10:00 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

Square Books

10:00 PM

Monday, August 1st
9:00 AM

Faulkner and Popular Culture: An Overview

Joseph Blotner, University of Michigan

Union Ballroom

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

The Kotex Age: Women, Popular Culture, and The Wild Palms

Anne Goodwyn Jones, University of Florida

Union Ballroom

10:00 AM

1:30 PM

Playing Hide and Seek with William Faulkner: The Public Private Artist

Louis J. Budd, Duke University

Union Ballroom

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Knowing William Faulkner

J. M. Faulkner
Jo Marshall, Jefferson State Community College

Lamar Law Center. Moot Court Room

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

The High Sheriff of Yoknapatawpha County: A Long Look at William Faulkner

Louis D. Rubin Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

Tuesday, August 2nd
9:00 AM

Guided Tours of North Mississippi

Various Guides

Various Locations

9:00 AM

5:00 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

Noyes Home/130 Leighton Road

5:00 PM

8:00 PM

Sanctuary: Faulkner's Pop Novel

Leslie Fielder, State University of New York, Buffalo

Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

Wednesday, August 3rd
9:00 AM

Dismantling The Saturday Evening Post Reader: The Unvanquished and Changing "Horizons of Expectation"

Susan V. Donaldson, College of William and Mary

Union Ballroom

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Discussions for Small Groups

Multiple Speakers

Various Locations

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Sharecropping in the Golden Land

Bruce Kawin, University of Colorado, Boulder

Union Ballroom

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Readings and Discussion

Larry Brown

Union Ballroom

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Walk Through Bailey's Woods

Conference Attendees

Bailey's Woods

4:40 PM

5:30 PM

Picnic at Rowan Oak

Conference Attendees

Rowan Oak

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner and Photography

David Madden, Louisiana State University

Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

Thursday, August 4th
9:00 AM

Harrison Smith: The Man Who Took a Chance on The Sound and the Fury

Thomas A. Dardis, John Jay College. State University of New York

Union Ballroom

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

Mr. Faulkner, Blacks, and Popular Culture in Requiem for a Nun

Thea Bowman, Catholic Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi

Union Ballroom

10:00 AM

8:00 PM

Faulknerian Folklore: Public Fictions, Private Jokes, and Outright Lies

M. Thomas Inge, Randolph-Macon College

Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

Friday, August 5th
9:00 AM

Neon Light in August: Electric Signs in Faulkner's Fiction

William Brevda, Central Michigan University

Union Ballroom

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Discussions for Small Groups

Multiple Speakers

Union Ballroom

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Faulkner's Fictional Photographs: Beyond Patriarchy?

Judith L. Sensibar, Arizona State University

Union Ballroom

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Readings and Discussion

Leon Forrest, Northwestern University

Union Ballroom

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

When I Showed Him the Check, He Asked If It Was Legal: What William Faulkner Got and Gave Us From Pop Culture

George Garrett, University of Virginia

Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

9:30 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

TBD

9:30 PM