2002: Tennessee Williams

Thacker Mountain Radio

Jim Dees
Duff and the Revelators
Beth Ann Fennelly
Richard Flanagan

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Big Bad Love

Larry Brown
Arliss Howard
Debra Winger

Fulton Chapel

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Welcome

Richard Howorth, Mayor of Oxford

Johnson Commons

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Submitting Manuscripts/Working One's Way into Print

Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
Tom Franklin, University of Mississippi
Amy Hundley, Grove/Atlantic
Sheri Joseph, Morehead State University
Carol Houck Smith, W. W. Norton
Nat Sobel, Sobel Weber Associates
Brady Udall

Johnson Commons

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Finding a Voice/Reaching an Audience

Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
Steve Almond, Emerson College
Fiona McRae, Graywolf Press
Rick Moody
Aishah Rahman, Brown University
Natasha Trethewey, Emory University

Johnson Commons

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Booksignings

Tim Gautreaux, Southeastern Louisiana University
Mary Hood
Sheri Joseph, Morehead State University
Randall Kenan, University of Memphis
Aishah Rahman, Brown University
Darcey Steinke
Brady Udall
Claude Wilkinson, University of Mississippi
Steve Yarbrough, California State University, Fresno
Shay Youngblood

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Welcome

Robert C. Khayat, University of Mississippi

Johnson Commons

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Grisham Writers in Residence Program

Joseph Urgo, University of Mississippi

Johnson Commons

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Readings/Remarks

Mary Hood
Steve Yarbrough, California State University, Fresno

Johnson Commons

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Readings/Remarks

Darcey Steinke
Claude Wilkinson, University of Mississippi
Shay Youngblood

Johnson Commons

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Readings/Remarks

Tom Franklin, University of Mississippi
Tim Gautreaux, Southeastern Louisiana University
Randall Kenan, University of Memphis

Johnson Commons

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Dinner (Reservation required)

Conference Attendees

Isom Place

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The Endangered Species: Readers Today and Tomorrow

Elaine H. Scott, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Claiborne Barksdale, University of Mississippi
Pat Holt, Holt Uncensored
Gloria Jean Pinkney

Johnson Commons

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

The Book Business

Neal Coonerty, American Booksellers Association
Pat Holt, Holt Uncensored
Tim Huggins, Newtonville Books (Newton, MS)
Fiona McRae, Graywolf Press

Johnson Commons

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Booksignings

Ace Atkins
Larry Brown
Beth Ann Fennelly
Tom Franklin, University of Mississippi
David Galef, University of Mississippi
Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
Curtis Wilkie, University of Mississippi

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Covering Trouble

Curtis Wilkie, University of Mississippi
Jack Nelson, Los Angeles Times
Thomas Oliphant, Boston Globe

Johnson Commons

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Poetry: Readings and Remarks

Michael P. Dean, University of Mississippi
Beth Ann Fennelly
Natasha Trethewey, Emory University
William Trowbridge, Northwest Missouri State University

Johnson Commons

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Readings/Remarks

Steve Almond, Emerson College
Richard Flanagan
Rick Moody

Johnson Commons

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Tennessee Williams Between the Lines

Paula Vogel

Johnson Commons

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Cocktail Party (Reservation required)

Conference Attendees

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Continental Breakfast

Mississippi Hall of Writers
University of Mississippi. Libraries.

John Davis Williams Library

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Readings

Ace Atkins, University of Mississippi
David Galef, University of Mississippi
Brady Udall

Johnson Commons

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Readings

Sheri Joseph, Morehead State University
Aishah Rahman, Brown University

Johnson Commons

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

The Gnadiges Fraulein: One-Act Play by Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams
Michelle Cuomo, University of Mississippi
Colby Kullman, University of Mississippi

Johnson Commons

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Booksignings

Steve Almond, Emerson College
Beth Ann Fennelly
Richard Flanagan
Mel Gussow
W. Kenneth Holditch, University of New Orleans
Rick Moody
Jack Nelson, Los Angeles Times
Gloria Pinkney
Natasha Trethewey, Emory University
William Trowbridge, Northwest Missouri State University
Paula Vogel

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Southern Comfort: Tennessee Williams and the Landscape of Childhood

W. Kenneth Holditch, University of New Orleans

Johnson Commons

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Reflections on Tennessee Williams

Mel Gussow

Johnson Commons

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Readings from Tennessee Williams's Plays

Erma Duricko
W. Kenneth Holditch, University of New Orleans

Johnson Commons

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM