1993: Paris Review, 40th anniversary

Area Tours

Conference Attendees

Various Locations

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Cocktail Buffet (Black Tie)

Conference Attendees

Downtown Grill, Oxford MS

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award Ceremony

Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

History of the Book in the South

Charles Reagan Wilson, University of Mississippi

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

The Endangered Species: Readers in the Year 2000

Elaine H. Scott, Arkansas State Board of Education
John Y. Cole, Library of Congress
Arthur Peyton, National Association of State Boards of Education
Cathy Stewart

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Go, Little Book: Getting Books to Readers

Shannon Ravenel, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Larry Brown
Liz Darhansoff, Darhansall and Verrill Literary Agency
Ina Stern, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Education Auditorium

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

First Amendment Developments in the South

Orin Teicher, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
Tom Freeland, American Civil Liberties Union in Mississippi

Education Auditorium

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Readings

Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
Kaye Gibbons

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Blues/Jazz Performances in Oxford Clubs

Various Musicians

Oxford Square

9:30 PM - 11:59 PM

The Book Trade in the South

Phil Pfeffer, Ingram's Distribution Group
Mary Gay Shipley, The Bookrack (Blytheville, AR)

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Autobiography and the Southerner

Willie Morris
Kaye Gibbons

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Paris Review Readings

George Plimpton, Paris Review
James Linville, Paris Review
Mary Oliver, Sweet Briar College
William Styron

Education Auditorium

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Opening: the Paris Review Collection on Review

Conference Attendees

University Museums

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Paris Review Birthday Party

Conference Attendees

Square Books

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Catfish and Fireworks Finale (Blue Jeans)

Conference Attendees

Harmon's Grocery, Paris MS

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM