2003: Stark Young

Thacker Mountain Radio

Jim Dees
Percival Everett, University of Southern California
Robert Stone

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Dinner, Meet the Speakers (Reservation required)

Conference Attendees

Isom Place (Oxford, MS)

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Welcome

Richard Howorth

Johnson Commons

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Submitting Manuscripts/Working One's Way into Print

Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
Jere Hoar, University of Mississippi
Beau Friedlander, Context Books
Scott M. Morris, University of Mississippi
Kathy Pories, Algonquin Books
George Singleton, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and the Humanities
Shay Youngblood, University of Mississippi

Johnson Commons

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Finding a Voice/Reaching an Audience

Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
Helene Atwan, Beacon Press
John Evans, Lemuria Bookstore (Jackson, MS)
Percival Everett, University of Southern California
Mary Rusoff
Robert Stone
Crystal Wilkinson, Eastern Kentucky University

Johnson Commons

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Lunch (on your own)

Conference Attendees

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Welcome

Robert C. Khayat, University of Mississippi

Johnson Commons

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Algonquin Books: Discussion and Readings

Kathy Pories, Algonquin Books
Shannon Ravenel, Shannon Ravenel Books
Marshall Boswell, Rhodes College
Scott M. Morris, University of Mississippi
George Singleton, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and the Humanities

Johnson Commons

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Race and Publishing in America

Helene Atwan, Beacon Press
Percival Everett, University of Southern California

Johnson Commons

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Readings/Remarks

Joseph Urgo, University of Mississippi
Tom Franklin, University of the South
Shay Youngblood, University of Mississippi

Johnson Commons

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Cocktail Party (Reservation required)

Conference Attendees

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

How to Get the Most From a Creative Writing Workshop

David Galef, University of Mississippi
D. Allen Mitchell, University of Mississippi
Joy Wilson, University of Mississippi

Johnson Commons

8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

The Endangered Species: Readers Today and Tomorrow

Elaine H. Scott, Arkansas State Board of Education
Claiborne Barksdale, University of Mississippi
Priscilla Handy, Northwest Community College
George Ella Lyon

Johnson Commons

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Writing Memoirs

Ted Ownby, University of Mississippi
Michael Mewshaw
Clifton Taulbert
Lauren F. Winner, Publishers Weekly

Johnson Commons

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Stark Young Program

North Mississippi Storytellers Guild

Walton-Young Historic House (5th St. and University Ave.)

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Stark Young: A Southerner in the Arts

John Pilkington, University of Mississippi

Johnson Commons

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Selections from Stark Young's Works

Robert Canon
Rebecca Moore Jernigan
Christopher Schager
Theatre Oxford
O'Connor Theatre Project

Johnson Commons

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Third World Thrillers

Curtis Wilkie
Robert Stone
Michael Mewshaw

Johnson Commons

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Booksigning

Conference Attendees

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Open Mike: Poetry and Fiction Jam

Lacey Galbraith, University of Mississippi

Johnson Commons

8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Continental Breakfast

Mississippi Hall of Writers
University of Mississippi. Libraries

John Davis Williams Library

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Appalachian Voices

Kathryn McKee, University of Mississippi
George Ella Lyon
Ron Rash, Queens College
Crystal Wilkinson, Eastern Kentucky University

Johnson Commons

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Readings/Remarks

Ace Atkins, University of Mississippi
Jere Hoar, University of Mississippi

Johnson Commons

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Lunch (on your own)

Conference Attendees

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Books on the Civil Rights Movement

Ethel Young-Minor, University of Mississippi
Constance Curry, Emory University
Paul Hendrickson, University of Pennsylvania
Winson Hudson

Johnson Commons

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Poetry: Readings and Remarks

Blair Hobbs, University of Mississippi
Beth Ann Fennelly, University of Mississippi
Shara McCallum, University of Memphis
Ron Rash, Queens College

Johnson Commons

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Readings/Remarks

Jamie Kornegay, Square Books (Oxford, MS)
Calvin Baker
Emily Bingham
Lewis Robinson

Johnson Commons

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Country Dinner (Reservation required)

Conference Attendees

Taylor, MS

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM