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Creation Date
3-20-2024
Description
Hailed by one contemporary newspaper as the manifestation of a Southern “literary renaissance,” the premier Southern Literary Festival (SLF) took place at Blue Mountain College on 23-24 April 1937. Sponsored by the Blue Mountain Scribblers, the event featured a keynote by Robert Penn Warren, as well as presentations from several regional scholars. These auspicious beginnings signaled a sea-change in the appreciation of Southern literature, somewhat under-explored in the area before this time. Academic institutions from Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee have been counted as members during various times of the SLF’s history. Materials in this case include selected programs, newspaper articles, and ephemeral items from the Festival’s collection, now a part of the University’s Department of Archives & Special Collections.
This image is part of an online exhibit about the Southern Literary Festival.
Relational Format
archival material