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Program of the 34th Annual

Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium 

October 27th, 28th, and 29th, 2022

The theme for this year's symposium is "Telling Stories, Charting a Future: 'Coming to the end of the road… the jumping-off place'" It is inspired by Eudora Welty's story "No Place for You, My Love" from The Bride of Innisfallen and Other Stories.

All sessions will be held in Rent Auditorium of Whitfield Hall and live-streamed for those who can't attend in person.
Books are available for purchase through The Bookend.

author of Edge of the Wind

James E. Cherry from Jackson, Tennessee, brings his second novel Edge of the Wind, which the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has called "a taut thriller that goes behind the headlines of hostage-taking and mental illness." His other books include the novel Loose Change, the story collection Still a Man, and poetry collections Shadow of Light, Honoring the Ancestors, and Bending the Blues.

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