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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 The Legend of Albino Farm

Steve Yates will read from his latest novel, The Legend of the Albino Farm. In this haunting gothic tale, Yates brings to life a local urban legend from his native Ozarks, the setting of two previous historical novels Morkan's Quarry and The Teeth of the Souls. Yates, who is Director of Marketing at the University Press of Mississippi, has also published the short story collection Some Kinds of Love and the novella Sandy and Wayne.

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