Program of the 2001 Welty Symposium

Martin Clark, author of The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living

Lee Durkee, author of Rides of the Midway

Jane Hinton, author of "Undeclared" and other short stories

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Gospel of Barbecue and the forthcoming Resurrection in the Dime Store

Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy and the forthcoming The Solace of Leaving Early

Suzanne Mars, editor of Eudora Welty and Politics: Did the Writer Crusade? "'The Strength of Instinct / the Power of an Art': History and Memory in The Wide Net"

Sheri Reynolds, author of Bitteroot Landing, The Rapture of Canaan (an Oprah Book Club selection and #1 New York Times Bestseller), and A Gracious Plenty

Elizabeth Strout, author of Amy and Isabel and numerous short stories