2015: Margaret Walker

Children's Book Festival: Sheila Turnage

Sheila Turnage

Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Children's Book Festival: Adam Rubin

Adam Rubin

Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Welcome Lunch and Margaret Walker Exhibition

James G. Thomas Jr., University of Mississippi
Richard Forgette, University of Mississippi
Julia M. Rholes, University of Mississippi

J. D. Williams Library

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Keynote Lecture Dedicated to Margaret Walker

Maryemma Graham, University of Kansas
Robert Luckett, Jackson State University
Carolyn J. Brown
Jerry W. Ward, Dillard University

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

1:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Square Books Reading

LaShonda Katrice Barnett

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Square Books Reading and Book Signing

Kent Russell

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Opening Reception (Requires Purchased Ticket)

Conference Attendees

Barksdale-Isom Place

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Sports and Race: How Athletics Transcended Segregation

Curtis Wilkie, University of Mississippi
David Maraniss, Washington Post
Andrew Maraniss, McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations
Charles Ross, University of Mississippi
Jody Hill, Ripley Presbyterian Church
Kyle Veazey, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Poetry Workshop: The "Daddy" Poetry Workshop

Geffrey Davis, University of Arkansas
F. Douglas Brown, Loyola High School (Los Angeles, CA)

Lamar Hall Room 323

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Writing with Pictures, Adventure Time and Beyond

Jack Pendarvis
Kent Osborne
Seo Kim
Natasha Allegri

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Lunch (On your own)

Conference Attendees

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Cave Canem: Poetry Readings and Conversation

Chiyuma Elliott, University of Mississippi
Geffrey Davis, University of Arkansas
F. Douglas Brown, Loyola High School (Los Angeles, CA)
Caroline Randall Williams, University of Mississippi

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Square Books Reading and Conversation

Phil Klay
John Renehan

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Square Books Pop Up and Book Signing

Conference Attendees

The Lyric Theater (Oxford, MS)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Thacker Mountain Radio

Jim Dees

The Lyric Theater (Oxford, MS)

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Poetry Readings and Conversation

Beth Ann Fennelly, University of Mississippi
Chelsea Wagenaar, University of North Texas
Mark Wagenaar, University of North Texas
Barbara Ras

Lafayette County Courthouse (Oxford Square)

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Writing Place Through Food: Lowcountry Educations

John T. Edge
David Shields, University of South Carolina
Sean Brock, Husk (Charleston, SC)

Lafayette County Courthouse (Oxford Square)

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Poetry Talk and Lunch (Advance registration required)

Barbara Ras

Lafayette County Courthouse (Oxford Square)

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

David Simon, Creator of The Wire and Treme

David Simon

Lafayette County Courthouse (Oxford Square)

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Square Books Reading and Conversation

Tim Johnston, University of Memphis
David Vann, University of Warwick
Skip Horack, Florida State University

Lafayette County Courthouse (Oxford Square)

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Joel Williamson's Elvis Presley: A Southern Life

Susan Ferber, Oxford University Press USA
Peter Guralnick
Preston Lauterbach, Rhodes College
Ted Ownby, University of Mississippi

Lafayette County Courthouse (Oxford Square)

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing Reception and Book Signing

Conference Attendees

Off Square Books (Oxford, MS)

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Music Noir: An Evening of Words and Music

Bruce Levingston, University of Mississippi
Beth Ann Fennelly, University of Mississippi
Tom Franklin, University of Mississippi
Patricia Lewis

Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM