2019: Willy Vlautin, Annie Duke

Welcome Lunch and Lecture

Travis McDade, University of Illinois. College of Law.

J. D. Williams Library

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

A Life of Reading

Edmund White

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Reading and Comments

Michael Carroll

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Living in the South, Photographing Beyond

David Zurick
David Wharton, University of Mississippi

Off Square Books (Oxford Square)

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Reading and Conversation

Leanne Sharpton

Off Square Books (Oxford Square)

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Book Conference Authors Party (Advance Ticket Required)

Conference Attendees
W. Ralph Eubanks, University of Mississippi

Barksdale-Isom House

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

The Spiritual South

Dennis Covington, Texas Tech University
W. Ralph Eubanks, University of Mississippi

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

The Appalachian South

Jessie Wilkerson, University of Mississippi
Karida Brown, University of California. Los Angeles
Elizabeth Catte
Meredith McCarroll, Bowdoin College

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Lunch on your own

Conference Attendees

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

A History of New Orleans at Year 300

Jason Berry
Curtis Wilkie, University of Mississippi

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David Blight, Yale University

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

Annie Duke

Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Book Signing for Thursday's Authors

Conference Attendees

Square Books (Oxford Square)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Thacker Mountain Radio

Jim Dees

Lyric Theater (Oxford Square)

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

On the Border: A Book and a Movie

Mark Hainds
Rex Jones, University of Mississippi

Powerhouse Community Arts Center

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Children's Book Festival: 1st graders

Dan Santat

Ford Center for the Performing Arts

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Children's Book Festival: 5th graders

Sharon Draper

Ford Center for the Performing Arts

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Poetry Talk and Lunch

Dave Lucas

Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

On the Fringes of Noir

William Boyle, University of Mississippi
Willy Vlautin
Elle Nash
Gabino Iglesias, Southern New Hampshire University

Lafayette County Courthouse (Oxford Square)

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Reading and Conversation

Kiese Laymon, University of Mississippi
Brian Foster, University of Mississippi

Lafayette County Courthouse (Oxford Square)

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Children's Book Festival: Book signing

Dan Santat
Sharon Draper

Off Square Books (Oxford Square)

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Reading and Comments

Salvatore Scibano, New York Public Library. Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars.

Lafayette County Courthouse (Oxford Square)

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Meet the Authors: Closing Reception and Book Signing

Conference Attendees

Off Square Books (Oxford Square)

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Waiting on the Blue: In-Store Performance

Willy Vlautin
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster

The End of All Music (Oxford Square)

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM