2010: Barry Hannah

Registration begins

Conference Attendees

Barnard Observatory

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Exhibition and Lecture; Light lunch

Nicholas A. Basbanes
Jennifer Ford, University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi Libraries

J. D. Williams Library

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Welcome; Greetings

Ivo Kamps, University of Mississippi
Jon Parrish Peede, National Endowment for the Arts

Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Celebration of National Poetry Month

Beth Ann Fennelly, University of Mississippi
Mark Jarman, Vanderbilt University
E. Ethelbert Miller, Howard University

Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Writing About Politics

Curtis Wilkie, University of Mississippi
Hendrik Hertzberg, New Yorker
Todd S. Purdum, Vanity Fair

Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Literary Oxford

John Grisham
Richard Howorth, Mayor of Oxford
Daniel W. Jones, University of Mississippi

Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Thacker Mountain Radio

Jim Dees
Steven Amsterdam

Paris-Yates Chapel

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner with the Speakers (Reservation required)

Conference Attendees

Barksdale-Isom Place

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Literature for Young Readers 1

Kathryn McKee, University of Mississippi
Ingrid Law

Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Literature for Young Readers 2

Susan Phillips, Lafayette County Literacy Council
Watt Key

Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Lunch (on your own)

Conference Attendees

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Writing in 2010 About the Idea of Racial Identity

Ted Ownby, University of Mississippi
Bliss Broyard
W. Ralph Eubanks, Library of Congress

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

The University Press of Mississippi at 40 Years

Peggy Whitman Prenshaw, Millsaps College
John Langston, University Press of Mississippi
JoAnne Pritchard Morris, University Press of Mississippi
Noel Polk, Mississippi State University
Leila Salisbury, University Press of Mississippi
Seetha Srinivasan, University Press of Mississippi
Steve Yates, University Press of Mississippi

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Young Authors Fair

Ingrid Law
Watt Key

Square Books Jr. (Oxford, MS)

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Readings and Remarks

Lyn Roberts, Square Books (Oxford, MS)
John Brandon, University of Mississippi
Donna Hemans

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Readings and Remarks

Lyn Roberts, Square Books (Oxford, MS)
Steven Amsterdam
Wells Tower

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Promoting Books and Authors

Margaret-Love Denman, University of Mississippi
Lynda M. O'Connor
James V. O'Connor

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Open Mike: Poetry and Fiction Jam

Anya Groner, University of Mississippi
Corinna McClanahan Schroeder, University of Mississippi

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Fiction and Poetry Writing Workshops

Donna Hemans
Mark Jarman, Vanderbilt University

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Survivors of Geronimo Rex

William Dunlap
Harry C. "Joe" Brown
Horace Newcomb, University of Georgia
Noel Polk, Mississippi State University
Peggy Whitman Prenshaw, Millsaps College
John Quisenberry

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Lunch: Picnic celebrating the 40th anniversary of the University Press of Mississippi

Conference Attendees

Barnard Observatory

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Barry Hannah as Teacher

Tom Franklin, University of Mississippi
Jonathan Miles
Anne Rapp
Cynthia Shearer, Texas Christian University

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Teaching Barry Hannah

Jay Watson, University of Mississippi
Donald Kartiganer, University of Mississippi
Jon Parrish Peede, National Endowment for the Arts
Daniel E. Williams, Texas Christian University

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Barry Hannah as Writer

Richard Howorth, Mayor of Oxford
William Harrison, University of Arkansas
Amy Hempel, Brooklyn College
Mark Richard
Wells Tower

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Marathon Book Signing and Party

Conference Attendees

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM